weekend getaways

My weekend in Durban

September 21, 2012 by • Durban, Travel • Tags: • 1 Comment

I went to Durban a week or 2 back. Rishav’s birthday was on the Sunday and all his family is there so we had a really chilled weekend. It ended badly though. I was going straight to the airport after work on Friday, so on Friday morning I made sure the cats had enough food […]

Cape Town, Day 3: Majeka House, Terroir and Spier

August 15, 2012 by • Cape Town, Travel • Tags: • 1 Comment

Before I knew it, it was Saturday already and we just had one more sleep left in Cape Town. We had planned to spend Saturday night at Majeka House, a stunning country house in Stellenbosch. We also had lunch at Terroir planned, which I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t  really coming to […]

Cape Town, Day 2: One and Only Spa, The Test Kitchen & Reuben’s

August 14, 2012 by • Cape Town, Travel • Tags: • 0 Comments

I woke up on Friday three hours later than usual, feeling completely relaxed. I usually have an internal alarm clock and can never sleep later than 7am, no matter what time I’ve gone to bed! Not at OO though.. Have you ever stayed in a hotel room with blackout curtains? The curtains have some sort of lining which darken […]

Cape Town, Day 1: The One & Only, Bloubergstrand, and Nobu

August 13, 2012 by • Cape Town, Travel • Tags: • 2 Comments

I confirmed my weekend getaway to CT months ago, and I’ve been thinking about it non stop since then. In a nutshell, it was mindblowing. The entire experience, from the food to the accommodation was spectacular 🙂 So let’s start at the beginning… After a mad rush, we arrived at the airport with 40 mins […]

Kievits Kroon Weekend Getaway- the Winelands of Gauteng

July 27, 2012 by • Travel • Tags: • 3 Comments

Kievits Kroon is one of my favourite weekend getaways. It’s about 45 minutes from Sandton, and it’s simply lovely. I’ve been there twice before: once with my husband and once with work on a conference, and I was lucky enough to return last weekend.They call themselves the “winelands” of Gauteng and that’s quite fitting. As […]

Game Drive and Elephant Interaction at Askari Game Lodge

July 3, 2012 by • Magaliesburg, Travel • Tags: • 2 Comments

In yesterday’s post, I wrote about part of our conference at De Hoek Country House. Before we booked at De Hoek, we were initially going to stay at the 4 star Askari Game Lodge. We went to do a “site visit” and after seeing the rooms at Askari, we decided that we couldn’t let our […]

Hot Air Ballooning at De Hoek Country House, Magaliesburg

July 2, 2012 by • Magaliesburg, Travel, Uncategorized • Tags: • 0 Comments

I went on a conference to the 5 star De Hoek Country House in Magaliesburg recently. Being the budding events planner in our team, I organized the conference and it ended up being a great success. De Hoek is a Country House- so expect beautiful manicured gardens, and warm wooden finishes. I found the rooms […]

Last day in paradise

June 28, 2012 by • Mozambique, Travel • Tags: • 6 Comments

If you missed my previous posts about Mozambique, read here for Day 1 and here for Day 2.  Our flight on Sunday was only at 2pm, so we had an entire morning at our disposal to enjoy the resort. We started our morning with a yoga session at the spa. Imagine doing yoga with a view […]

Day 2 at Indigo Bay, Mozambique

June 26, 2012 by • Mozambique, Travel • Tags: • 0 Comments

If you missed the post on Day 1 of our magical island holiday, click here. There’s something so idyllic about waking up to the sound of the ocean. It just makes me more depressed about living in the concrete jungle that is Jozi. Don’t get me wrong, I love living here, but I do miss seeing natural […]

I caught a glimpse of paradise this weekend…

June 25, 2012 by • Mozambique, Travel • Tags: • 7 Comments

I’ve been blogging about my much anticipated trip to Indigo Bay, Mozambique for a while now, and the weekend I’d been eagerly awaiting finally arrived. Let’s just say it surpassed all of my (already high!) expectations. After visiting Mauritius, I thought that no other island holiday could even come close, but I am happy to […]

Mount Grace Bloggers Weekend

April 22, 2012 by • Magaliesburg, Travel • Tags: • 5 Comments

I had such a divine weekend. I was invited to the 5 star Mount Grace Country House and Spa in the Magaliesburg for a Bloggers weekend. Before I even start telling you what I got up to, I have to tell you a bit about Mount Grace. It’s situated an hour away from JHB in […]

Irene Country Lodge

April 5, 2012 by • Pretoria, Travel • Tags: • 1 Comment

This past weekend, I was invited to go to Irene Country Lodge on a site visit to experience it. WHAT a treat. I’m a a big fan of driving an hour or so out of JHB and feeling like you’re miles away. Irene Country Lodge is in Centurion, about 25 minutes aways from my house […]

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