You may be aware that we’ve been besieged in the Kogelberg region, by huge veldt fires since New Years Eve. The area is a United Nations Biosphere – the biodiversity is believed to be greater than anywhere else on the planet; more than 1500 distinctly different forms of flora can be found in this narrow […]
It wasn’t meant to be like that. The plan was a birthday party, high in the Swiss Alps with lots of food, booze and good company. What eventuated was lots of food, booze and good company, plus the unplannable (even by the super efficient Susanne) – extraordinary good humour, dancing, singing, joke telling […]
Yes, I know this is out of sequence, but I’d initially decided not to write this blog entry at all. Then I changed my mind. **************************************************************************** goeuro.com says it’s 517km from Warsaw to Berlin. And for the ridiculously low rail fare of €29.90, it’s a bargain, much better than a ride to the […]
She said; “Would you like a fortune cookie from the Universe?” “Yes please.” And there it was; “The universe seems neither benign, nor hostile, merely indifferent.” Carl Sagan. Welcome to AfrikaBurn, South Africa’s annual four day festival of art, creative activities, music, dancing and other largely adult fun, deep in the heart […]
If the way things went at the start of this trip were a suggestion of what might happen, we should probably already be wondering what might be next. Travelling with the Pertons has always been something of a challenge and one of our journeys without some quite serious hiccough would no doubt feel incomplete. […]