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    Guests’ Corner: Longest Bus Rides

    5 November 2018 - By 

    As part of the next instalment in my international version of Guests’ Corner, I chatted to Jess of travel and photography blog, Longest Bus Rides. Jess is an avid traveller, with a passion for photography, travel and culture. Through her incredible, visually stunning blog, Longest Bus Rides (inspired by a month-long trip around Mongolia), Jess tells her fascinating travel stories, sharing breathtaking photos as she goes.  She believes in wandering – be it about a village in Spain or Indonesia – and she always endeavours to head off the beaten track. Ideally, she also enjoys discovering foods she has never…

  • Café Review: Bean There Coffee Roastery, Cape Town

    3 June 2016 - By 

    Please note: Bean There Coffee Roastery’s coffee shop has since closed. Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting a coffee shop that has been on my list (in Cape Town, you need a list with all the places that keep temptingly mushrooming into existence) for a while: Bean There Coffee Roastery, officially launched in 2011 (though it also has Braamfontein and Milpark roasteries among its ranks). It is quite easily noticeable from the road when you enter Wale Street because of its compact white exterior and also, its cheery, lemon yellow outdoor seating, which certainly catches your eye as you pass…