• Travel Review: Exploring Route 62’s Picturesque Legoland – The Cogman’s Kloof Mountain Pass

    13 April 2015 - By 

    Cogman’s Kloof Pass A recent drive back to Cape Town earlier this month made me realise how much I underappreciated the beautifully majestic and decidedly rugged mountains that surround my adopted hometown of Montagu during the 13-year period in which I resided in or near the quaint, little dorpie. It’s true that now instead I am blessed to wake up every morning to the sight of the one true mountain, fondly referred to as ‘The Table’, but its beauty is different to the, in places formidable, Langeberg mountain range, which encircles Montagu. It’s less foreboding and rough around the edges…

  • Food and Drink Review: Charly’s Bakery

    28 November 2014 - By 

    Charly’s Bakery, located at 38 Canterbury Street, Zonnebloem in the famous District Six area of Cape Town, is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike that possess a sweet tooth. Charly’s has become one of my familiar haunts in the past year and although my first ever visit to Charly’s was in January of this year, I have since been back many times throughout February to October with friends and loved ones and have celebrated some small but special occasions there. Aside from my sit-and-eat visits, I have probably passed it well over fifty times on my way to…