Since my memoir, Hippos, Hotspots, and Homelands, will only be published towards the end of May, I started reminiscing about why I wrote this book. So...
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Covid put all physical travel on hold, but it has not stopped me from planning, writing, and dreaming about future trips. The Viking cruise, Waterways of the...
Launching my COVID project, a new book, Hippos, Hotspots, and Homelands Yes, when I realized what a long lockdown we were in for, with no promise of traveling...
I found an excellent alternative to touring during this pandemic – tripping on mushrooms! Now, not that kind of tripping! Tripping as going on a journey...
FEBRUARY 18, 2020 By ELSA DIXON There is a reason why Cape Town is repeatedly voted the most beautiful city in the world. In fact, at least ten, all centered...
You may recall that Debby was my travel companion and fellow survivor on the ill-fated Norwegian Viking Sky in Norway. It is a little ironic that our second...
Visit Great Northern Tanzania A very affordable private tour 8 – 19 August 2020 The great migration of the wildebeest and zebra at the Mara River on the...
6 July 2019 Our next adventure was a 3-day luxury safari at Kariega Big Five Private Game Reserve. We had a tire blow-out on the other side of Port Elizabeth...
5 July 2019 It was a beautiful day when we arrived in the Mother City of Cape Town, so we went up Table Mountain in the cable car. The stunning views and...
Our next leg of the journey took us on the N1 through the Karoo. There are quite a few nostalgic songs in Afrikaans about the Karoo, including one my dad...