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    Bloggers: Where We Want to Travel One Day After the COVID-19 Pandemic

    20 April 2020 - By 

    Lately, with the threat and spread of COVID-19, many of us have seen our ‘everyday world’ become infinitely smaller… Our days are coloured by the sunrises and sunsets we watch from our front doors instead of our windscreens; by the walls and garden fences we are ever surrounded by; by the colleagues, loved ones and friends we virtually greet; and by the stillness of our great cities that have, by and large, ground to a hard, yet necessary halt the world over… And yet, despite our lack of freedom, nagging fears and the general uncertainty of life as we now…

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    Guests’ Corner: Dominique in the City

    16 May 2018 - By 

    As part of the next instalment in Guests’ Corner, a local and international travel interview segment on Tamlyn Amber Wanderlust, I chatted to Dominique Heusdens, SA travel blogger and photographer at Dominique in the City. Having grown up in a minute, diamond mining town in Namibia, for Dominique Heusdens, her love of travel began at a tender age (like so many of us), as her family frequently travelled to Cape Town to stock up on goodies and necessities alike… She has fond memories of braaiing under the stars, and of endless roads flanked by changing, yet always beautiful, South African landscapes. While…

  • Guests’ Corner: Sheena Deepnarain, Pot of Gold

    8 November 2017 - By 

    As part of the next instalment in my Guests’ Corner, a new travel interview segment on Tamlyn Amber Wanderlust, I chatted to SA local travel blogger, actress and producer, Sheena Deepnarain. Sheena Deepnarain is a South African actress, producer and travel and lifestyle blogger. Sheena leads a life of luxury, with confetti thrown over for good measure. She has been cast in some of South Africa’s most prestigious soapies, including Scandal!, Generations, Jacobs Cross & Zabalaza to name a few, as well as several commercials.  Her blog, Pot of Gold, was launched in November 2016 when Sheena decided to uproot her…