Highlights of Venice Beach, California

I don’t know what I expected of Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, but I suspect it was a conglomerate of many TV shows and movies who had illustrated a steady stream of freaks on…

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The Wonders of Yosemite

When I told my dear friend that we were coming to visit the West Coast of the USA and hoping to see Big Sur and Yosemite, I didn’t really know what I was asking for. I’d heard of…

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Camping in Big Sur

I don’t know if you feel the same way, but any time I hear the words ‘Big Sur’ it sounds kind of magical to me… This is either because of reading too much Jack Kerouac as an impressionable…

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The Travel/Work Balance in SFO

San Francisco is a city built for leisure, with any number of awesome activities to do every day… Which means coming here for work could feel a little like being cheated…

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Driving In The USA For South Africans

I recently returned from a trip to Northern California where I spent a week driving around the Golden State. Driving in the USA was something I was very nervous about but…

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A Weekend in San Francisco

Continuing southwards on our road trip through California, my wife and I stopped in San Francisco for a few days. Despite its reputation as central to the “turn on,…

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