• Guests’ Corner: Gaynor van Rooyen, Tulips & Phoenixes

    3 October 2017 - By 

    As part of the next instalment in my Guests’ Corner, a new travel interview segment on Tamlyn Amber Wanderlust, I chatted to fellow SA travel blogger, Gaynor van Rooyen. Hidden gem discoverer and passionate travel blogger of Tulips & Phoenixes, Gaynor van Rooyen is a half city dweller, half road trip explorer – and full-time supporter of local travel! She has been blogging for some three years now, but last September, Gaynor decided to focus on travel blogging… and she’s not looked back since! 1) Who or what inspired you to go into travel blogging? I’ve been blogging for three…

  • Guests’ Corner: Sara Essop, In Africa and Beyond

    26 September 2017 - By 

    As part of the next instalment in my Guests’ Corner, a new travel interview segment on Tamlyn Amber Wanderlust, I chatted to fellow SA travel blogger, Sara Essop. Sara Essop is a passionate local travel blogger, influencer and writer based in Johannesburg. As a child, Sara would get lost in the pages of Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree series, exploring with her mind. This carried into adulthood, no doubt inspiring her love of travel. Her blog, In Africa and Beyond, was previously listed on Feedspot’s Top 50 Africa Travel Blogs list. This well-deserved recognition saw her placed among stellar travel writing…