Tag: South Africa

Dolphin Shows, Botanical Gardens, and Beaches (Durban and Umhlanga, South Africa)

Dolphin Shows, Botanical Gardens, and Beaches (Durban and Umhlanga, South Africa)

This past weekend we took advantage of the four-day holiday and drove five hours from Ladybrand, South Africa around the northern tip of Lesotho into Kwa-Zulu Natal.  The drive itself was beautiful, which changed from and endless mountainous landscape into a lush and tropical one […]

It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

For the past month, we’ve made our home in a small flat at Cranberry Cottage in the small quiet mountain town of Ladybrand, South Africa in Free State just across the border from Maseru, Lesotho.  When I think back to the past fourteen months since […]

Meerkats at Moolmanshoek

Meerkats at Moolmanshoek

This past weekend we had the pleasure of taking our babe on a short overnight trip to Moolmanshoek Lodge in Eastern Free State, South Africa.  It was just a short one hour drive from Ladybrand, South Africa where we are staying now, so it made […]

Enjoying the Maletsunyane Falls in Semonkong, Lesotho

Enjoying the Maletsunyane Falls in Semonkong, Lesotho

This weekend we drove from Ladybrand, South Africa across the Lesotho border to Semonkong, which took us about 2.5 hours on the way there and more on the way back with frequent photo stops, most of which was on unpaved roads through the mountains.  The […]

Summer in January

Summer in January

Every Sunday I will simply post a photo that says it all, perhaps with a short description or caption.  Photos are meant to inspire, make you laugh, or a tell a story.  Submit your own photo to be featured on Sunday Photo Fun Day, or […]

Take the time to stop and lick the rocks

Take the time to stop and lick the rocks

This weekend my husband and I took our 11 month babe hiking with us in Drakensberg, South Africa.  We stayed at a lovely mountain retreat a four-hour drive from where we are staying, and a trillion miles from civilization. The views of the dramatic Drakensberg […]

Baby Wearing Basotho-Style

Baby Wearing Basotho-Style

My husband and I love our Moby wrap that both of us frequently use to tote our babe around comfortably and hands-free.  If I could have only one thing in the world to make traveling with a baby easy, it would be a baby wrap. […]