Nandos, the antithesis of KFC, serves out grilled chicken with “peri-peri”, an Afro-Portuguese sauce for the South African masses. It’s a huge company, publicly traded on the South African stock exchange, and also available in many countries worldwide (but only…
For part two of my South African cities adventure, I journey to Pretoria, the Afrikaans stronghold 40 minutes north of Johannesburg and unfortunately, likely known to most of the world as where Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend. I’d been here…
Living in Sandton (wealthy northern suburb of Johannesburg) which is not just one of the nicest cities in SA, but likely one of the nicer cities in the world, I sometimes forget I’m in South Africa, a supposed third world…
Lost amidst whether South Africa is safe, my amazing travels through the Rainbow Nation, or that one trip to Japan, are the little things about living in another country. Sometimes you miss watching the sports from home like Football. American…
As I write this, it’s already been over eight months since I moved to South Africa! Time flies without a doubt and it’s been quite the experience considering the longest I’ve been outside of America was 3 weeks prior to…
It’s been six months since I’ve lived in the Rainbow nation as I write this post right now. It’s been quite the whirlwind getting situated with my professional and personal life. I’ve managed to visit a bunch of countries in…
Traveling is great and I have many more travels planned but sometimes I forget I’m in a city that’s as different to home as it gets. There are things to do and see in Johannesburg as well. One of these…
Cellphones and internet. The two things that any individual in modern society cannot live without. We have all lost our cell phones before and that period of a few days you either feel a sense of liberation from all your…
One of South Africa’s lesser traveled cities is Durban, in the Kwazulu-Natal province (KZN). Durban, while not quite as scenic as Cape Town in my opinion remains a beautiful beach-side city that is a closer and cheaper getaway from Johannesburg.…
