St. Denis. Keep it short and sweet.

Our stay in St. Denis was short and sweet. With reason. The capital of Reunion is a charming place, but not thoroughly so. There is little to do here bar navigate narrow roads, visiting the few sites in the sweltering heat, browsing a good bookstore to find guidebooks on hikes, natural pools and so on […]

Like a scoop of the best French ice cream floating in the Indian Ocean…

Reunion Island is a magical place that never seems to deplete itself. I’ve visited the island three times already, and am still as keen as day one to ditch everything and just go live there. Lesser known than its tropical paradise neighbor, Mauritius, the island seems to be still unexplored by most South Africans. This will […]

Home is where the heart is…

Traveling starts at home. Having lived in Tanzania and Madagascar for the past seven years, it’s fun to again explore my birth town of Johannesburg. The first few posts honor a few little sneaky nooks that had sprouted in my absence. You never have to go far to find something delicious, even if it is only to your own kitchen…but that tends to take some effort. I chose to go treasure hunt in Linden, which seems to be an up-and-coming gourmet haunt for those in the neighborhood. Well, it’s been there for a while, so up-and-coming might be there-and-raging.