Travel

There is so much to do, eat, see & photograph in Shanghai. There is a mix of Eastern and Western influences, modern and traditional aesthetics from various cultures and so…

Today’s post is all photos of Siberian tigers in the snow, in the far northern town of Harbin. I visited Harbin in northern China for the Ice & Snow festival,…

I started 2019 with quite an adventure in the coldest, and northernmost place I have ever been to in my life. Being a big Game of Thrones fan, I can…

Last year for Easter my little family and I visited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Apart from a well deserved break, I was of course very excited to see…

Yay! I’ve successfully grown a store bought Japanese watermelon from seed. If you recall I planted a red “personal” watermelon that is small enough for one person to hold in…

When we visited Japan in June, our Kyoto host mom Haruna made us a simple but very delicious snack of soybeans boiled in salted water in their pods. She showed…

Yesterday I received an email from a lady in Jeffrey’s Bay in response to one of my previous posts about peonies (Groete, Mev Strydom!). The email reminded me to update…

This is a sequel to our previous karaoke in Japan video, in which we visited Shibuya. In this video, which took place the following evening, we visited the Shinagawa area…

Monday’s #plantchat topic on Twitter was container gardening, which is something I enjoy. In fact I’d say my container garden situation has recently gotten a bit out of hand, as…