They say all good things come to an end...though they didn't say one should be happy about it. I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to take this trip, experience incredible things and meet über awesome people. When I touched down at Lanseria airport I was greeted by the friendly faces of my Mum, Sister and her two kids. We went to the Spur for my first Spur experience since back in SA which obviously has to be done. We met my brother-in-law there. Had a...

I seemed to convince Leanne to go to Cuba and seems she convinced me to come to Cape Town... Super excited, with my eticket in hand I was now ready to board the Mango South African Airways flight from Lansaria International Airport to Cape Town International. I arrived at 4:30pm where Leanne was waiting to pick me up. From there we drove towards the view of Camps bay with he spectacular and beloved Table mountain in front of us. We went to Kloof Street for dri...

Packed my bags and ready to go, the reason why I stopped back off in SA had finally arrived...our family holiday to a game lodge around 2 hours away! So 14 of us, all of my direct family ie my 3 siblings with their spouses, 2 kids per couple and my lovely mum. All together for the first time in 5 years since our Mauritius fam holiday. We left Jo'burg with my mum, brother-in-law (Zane), Sister (Marlene) and their two kids around noon for Dikhalolo game lodge. We...

Never in my wildest dreams would I have been able to imagine how hard being out of South America would be for me. It was great to see family and friends, but it was totally overwhelming. All of a sudden I had to slow my ever social and active programme down considerably in an instant. It was reality check too; I was not going somewhere exotic (not unless you view England as exotic) after South Africa. Also the "next- step" thoughts were shouting pretty loud in my...