• Expo Review: The Power of Poison Exhibition, Cape Town

    22 April 2016 - By 

    After my Titanic Expo experience and subsequent reviews, I was kindly invited back to explore the Power of Poision Expo, which was set to arrive on South African shores in April 2016. A quick bit of research revealed that the Power of Poison Exhibition, offered by none other than the esteemed American Museum of Natural History, is a hugely interactive, fun and immensely popular exhibition that looks at both the good and bad aspects of poison, as it is found in: nature, history, literature, medicine and even fairy tales! I was instantly intrigued by this and my guest visit was…

  • Expo Review: Titanic Artifact Exhibition, Cape Town – Part 2

    26 February 2016 - By 

    When you step into the upstairs level of the Watershed, where the second part of the Titanic Artifact Exhibition (running till March 13th) is housed, you instantly feel the change as the temperature drops, the spotlights seem to alter and even the music soundtrack makes a more dramatic shift as you are warned of an iceberg ahead. There you will learn about the brave and hard-working men, who worked in the bowels of the Titanic’s Boiler rooms, where 159 coal-fired furnaces and 29 boilers would consume 825 tons of coal per day, as engineers – known as the ‘Black Gang’…

  • Expo Review: Titanic Artifact Exhibition, Cape Town – Part 1

    26 February 2016 - By 

    A hundred-and-four years after the tragic sinking of the Titanic, the wonderful, internationally-acclaimed ‘Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition’ finally graced S.A. shores when it opened at the V&A’s Watershed (Jubilee Hall) on November 22nd, 2015. Originally set to run until March 6th, the Titanic Expo has been extended until March 13th due to its immense popularity among tourists and locals alike, and when you visit and experience it first-hand, it is incredibly easy to understand the awe and popularity behind this amazing, intensely historical expo. As a resident of Cape Town and someone who has personally been captivated by this tragic…