AROUND THE PENINSULA[10] So now you’ve had your snoek and chips – satisfied? Seals have performed for you in the harbour; also the...

AROUND THE PENINSULA[9] It’s been a while. I hope you all enjoyed the festives – I did! So this is the view across from the Hout Bay...

Round-the-Cape-Peninsula Drive[8] So now we’ve headed west and then a bit southward around the northern end of the Cape Peninsula. Hout...

ROUND-THE-CAPE-PENINSULA DRIVE By now we’ve left the Twelve Apostles behind us. With luck, you counted exactly twelve of them! You’re...

I did not often go boat-fishing. The first trip was with Rob [yes, he always pops up ]. My younger bro, Rustum, joined us. Well, the...

There are many firsts that are readily recalled.  My first serious kiss was at about four years old. I had a crush on my cousin, so I...

The game goes on … Naturally, we had no leg pads. Like trophies, we sported and compared our bruised shins for days after a match. Most...

THE GAMES WE PLAYED. 12. Cricket. [8 min read] [Part 1] Well, it’s summer in the southern hemisphere so there must be cricket somewhere...

There’s the bus! Oh, sugar. You need the Bantry Bay bus. At least it’s lekker[nice] warm so you enjoy the sun. May as well work on your...

PRELUDE:Round the Peninsula[6] On the way to Hout Bay, we always stop at the roadside vendors market nestled into the Apostles. The...

All one needs is love and chocolate, but a bit of konfyt will get one going. Here’s hoping that your festives went well. I had a ball....

Part two THE CATCH[continued] It was always good to come across the net fishermen hauling in their catch when I drove down the...

From the Apartheid Museum, Gauteng, South Africa. This is Apartheid in a nutshell; the emphasis is on “nut’.” I think it does not beat...

[Part two] One could be a victim in many ways [see earlier blog part one]. The system in South Africa was designed for Blacks to be...

Round-the-Cape-Peninsula Drive [5] When driving clockwise around the Peninsula, it’s worth looking back! That’s Lion’s Head ahead with...

First, let me boast about my garden harvest. My first memory of this edible delight is a black charred thing that someone rolled out of a...

From Signal Hill, the Kloof Nek Road brings one down to the area above Camps Bay. This allows one to appreciate one of the best views of...

Never could Sunday breakfast be better than a koesister or two with one’s coffee and favourite people. Rainbow nation house colours in...

Part two Missing two big toe nails in the Paarl game was soon forgotten. The consolation of our Paarl trip was that we had the school...

THE GAMES WE PLAYED. 10. Rugby.  Game of oppressors and oppressed. [Part one]. [6min read] Part one I was a late starter of this game....

Round-the-Cape-Peninsula Drive [4] So we abandoned the crowded Table Cable queue and headed for Signal Hill to enjoy the lookout toward...

This was meant to be posted before Easter!  Seems it’s been stuck in a digital Easter bunny hole.  Please read on as if its two weeks...

12. Street of my destiny. [PART TWO] <–    Satellite view with red pointy dot to mark 44 Dale Street, Lansdowne on the left.  The houses...

Round-the-Cape-Peninsula Drive [3] 11. Street of my destiny. [PART ONE] I lived in 44 Dale Street, Lansdowne from the age of three till...