South Africa

After 299 days on the road we hit the last bit of tar on the way home to Cape Town. Is it beyond annoying that it’s 299 days and not…

Oh hello there.  It’s been a while hasn’t it.  If you haven’t been following along with us on our social media (mainly Facebook or Instagram) pages then you probably think…

I know, I know.  We’ve lived in this thing for 4 months, how dare I only show you the inside of the van now? Well, I probably don’t have to…

It’s not often that Seth and I drive into a new town and have the same thoughts about it.  Either I don’t like it for some reason (too humid, lacking…

It’s taken about 10 months of planning – buying Optimus, kitting him out with everything we need to live and sorting out an itinerary, but we are finally living our…

How’s this for ignorant…  Before actually arriving at Addo Elephant Park I had absolutely no idea that there was other wildlife there, you know aside from elephants.  Like obvs they’d…

When we worked out our provisional itinerary before setting out on this adventure, we were totally ignorant of what South Africa had to offer.  Funnily enough I even had to…

The other day we were moving towns and as we were driving I noticed that we started going really, really slowly.  Like crazy slow.  Which is much slower than the…

It’s been a while since we last caught up on how much progress we’re making on heading out on our adventure in a couple months.  I wish I could reveal…

OK, so I know what you are wondering right now as you look at this picture up here.  Why in the hell is there a picture of me looking like…

A little while back we journeyed all the way from Cape Town up to Kimberley.  Why would we travel such a great distance?  Well, it was because we set our…

One thing that we LOVE to do as a family, is go out.  I know that’s a hugely open ended statement but it’s true.  We like to be out of…

There once was this family of five that decided to buy a 1978 VW Jurgens Campervan.  In Kimberley.  So they had to drive it all the way back down to…

Contrary to what my husband may believe, I often wake up in the mornings wondering what I’m going to make for supper that evening.  I say that Seth wouldn’t believe…

There once was a man who decided to marry a woman who did not share his joy for going outside.  In fact she rather hated it.  The state of the…

Kombucha.  Whether you’ve been actively trying to find natural ways to better your diet or whether you have just been on the internet around some health conscious individuals, I have…

You guys know already that I’m a total sucker for photographs right? I love how they capture a story of a moment in time and help you to remember that…

I’ve been promising it for a while now, but it’s finally here!  Drum roll please… Kyla and Riya present their first review and giveaway! After earning their sweet little Crystal…

Yesterday we went into great detail about our trip to Greyton which is just two hours drive from Cape Town.  But today I thought I’d do something different – a…

Our kids seem to have caught the bug of trying new things all the time.  I’m pretty sure that we’re raising children with the wanderlust gene. Which is TOTES our…

It hasn’t been a long week, but it has been a busy one! I’m so pleased to be able to bring back an instalment of this series.  It’s been a…

Oh my good gracious me.  How on Earth is it 6 August tomorrow?  This #CTMeetUp has literally snuck up on me and even though I know that I have this…

There are very few things that will make me judge you as a parent.  Very few.  We all know how difficult parenting can be, so I don’t care if you…