Africansunroad

04/06/2024

Cant wait for our next Whale trail

80 new items added to shared album

02/06/2024

Overberg Birding

29/05/2024

Fabulous fynbos walk

25/01/2024

Age never bothered Hermanus conservation legend Frank Woodvine. In his 90's he was busy climbing local mountain peaks, planting trees and waging war on alien vegetation.
Inspirational passion and dedication.
Died at 92 on 25 July 2022

18/01/2024

Some moments from 2023 Whale Trails

12/01/2024

We still see a lot of plastic nurdles on our coastline from a container spill in 2017

Thousands of sacks of pellets, known as nurdles, are believed to have fallen from a ship on 8 December.

31/12/2023

There's so much beauty all around us.

12/12/2023

Namibia rocks

12/12/2023

Arriving at Felix Unite Provenance Camp in Noordoewer on the Orange river

07/12/2023

BMW Adventure Bike trip up the West Coast into Namibia then Hermanus.

30/08/2023

Whale count this year

29/08/2023

Whale count is in

21/08/2023

A wonderful group of hikers from the U.S.A booked a whale trail in 2018 . This year they finally got to experience the magic .

09/06/2023

Foragers and Botanisers

04/06/2023

This little octopus was happy to get back to its den

21/03/2023

Protea harvest in our beautiful Hemel en Aarde Valley.

17/03/2023

This little Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) certainly wasn't "slow foot" once he realised he had been spotted.

16/03/2023

What an amazing encounter

11/03/2023

Renowned Baritone and Cantor, Colin Schachat and his wife joined us for a walk in Fernkloof Nature Reserve yesterday. Of course I had to stalk him on the internet after that and there are so many beautiful posts to listen to. Thank you for joining us Colin and Nicky.

THE ITALIAN COLLECTION (2) The beautiful Wedding theme song from "The Godfather" was originally only instrumental . The English version " Speak Softly Love"...

04/03/2023

Quickie bike trip before the rain. Overnight stops at Gouritsmond, Uniondale and Stormsriver, with numerous winding passes and coffee breaks in-between.

16/02/2023

This place is beautiful. We had an unforgettable stay

01/02/2023

God forbid penguins become extinct on our watch

26/01/2023

Enjoying the Spookfontein experience...all the way from Norway

02/01/2023

Travel light is the advice we give for whale trail hikers.

The trailblazing American journalist Nellie Bly began her record-breaking 72-day journey around the world this week in 1889 -- a trip which made her the first person to ever complete the fictional journey depicted in Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days"! A minimalist traveler, the 24-year-old Pittsburgh native brought with her only the dress she was wearing, a sturdy overcoat, a wool cap, a few changes of underwear, and a small handbag with her toiletries and writing supplies. She started the 24,899-mile journey from a port near New York City and traveled by steamship to England. From there, she traveled by train across Europe and Asia, by ocean liner across the Pacific Ocean, and by train from San Francisco back to New York. In total, her journey lasted 72 days, six hours, eleven minutes, and fourteen seconds, setting a new world record for fastest circumnavigation.

Bly, one of the earliest muckraking journalists, was also famous for her undercover investigative reports on corruption and social injustices. The year before her famous journey, Bly took an undercover assignment for the New York World where she feigned insanity to get herself committed to the New York City Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. Her work pioneered the realm of undercover journalism after she wrote an exposé on the horrific conditions and mistreatment of patients she found there. Bly's series of articles led to a grand jury investigation and, subsequently, to improved care for the patients and increased funding for the care of people with mental illness.

Nellie Bly told the story of her historic journey in her book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings" at https://www.amightygirl.com/around-world-seventy-two

For an inspiring new picture book about her journey around the world, we highly recommend "Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists' Breakneck Race around the World" for ages 6 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/nellie-vs-elizabeth

For an excellent book for adult readers about Bly's journey, we recommend "Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World" at https://www.amightygirl.com/eighty-days

For more books for kids about this pioneering journalist, check out the chapter book "She Persisted: Nellie Bly" for ages 6 to 9 (https://www.amightygirl.com/she-persisted-nellie-bly) and "Who Was Nellie Bly?" for ages 8 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/who-was-nellie-bly)

And, for toys and games to ignite your Mighty Girl’s interest in traveling the world, visit our "Geography Toys" section at http://amgrl.co/1T0VKeS

14/12/2022

Does anyone else struggle to say goodbye to their old hiking boots ? This pile left my cupboard yesterday and judging by the speed at which they left our verge, i think it's safe to say they have been recycled.

13/10/2022

Our guests from the US and Israel eventually got to hike the Whale Trail after booking in 2019. Well done to all of you, especially the 'not so young' late 70's. The follow on Garden Route Addo Tour was of course beautiful.

16/09/2022

Epic Whale Trail with a wonderful group from Gauteng