The Porter Estate Market

When: Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00
Where: Tokai, on the Chrysalis Academy grounds (directions)
Entrance fee: R5
Website: http://www.pepmarket.co.za

Here are some photos from my trusty digi-cam (always tucked into my bag) from our many market visits, of which each was very special in its own way; if not for the food, then for the people/dogs/setting/company.

Breakfast is highly recommended in the form of grazing from stall to stall, all laid out on one of the rustic wooden benches or tree-trunk tables. Our faves include: moer koffie with condensed milk (served in tin cups), cherries/peaches/apricots/red peppers from the fruit and veg stall, chocolate macaroons (gluten-free) served in little pyramid packets, any pesto from Pesto Princess, raw honey from the honey guy, snoek pate from the fish guy, and goat's milk feta from the Imhoff table.

This outing is one of the things we miss most about living in Cape Town. So if you are in the environs, then please make the trip (often) to treasure this little unpretentious gem of a market...you wont be sorry!

Travel Diary: Hout Bay, Cape Town (at sunset)

Walking on the beach at Hout Bay during sunset is great for a couple of romanticised reasons:

1. holding your loved one's hand and chatting (thanks bu *kiss);
2. enjoying the view of the sun setting over the mountains (see pics);
3. the lighthouse beam from Kommetjie;
4. the fishing boats coming back into the harbour; and
5. the vast array of trotting, barking, playing dogs (as below) that see the beach as their personal playground which I, personally, find amusing to watch (obvious downside - owners that don't pick up their doggy's doo-doo leads to eewww).

Sometimes, one is lucky enough to catch some insight into other people's lives too. On just one random day we witnessed:

1. a wedding party taking pictures on the beach;
2. two sets of religious groups holding baptisms in the harbour waters; and
3. a wedding couple heading to the pier for pictures.

All in a good day's beach walk :-)

So feast your eyes on...

...the sunset (numero uno)...
...the sunset again(numero duo)...

...a little scruffy-do :-)

Travel Diary: Noordhoek, Cape Town

Hubby and I recently spent an awesome week planned around the Johnny Clegg concert (pics to come) in our favourite South African city (and ex-home town), Cape Town.

One of the guest houses we stayed at was Bazara in Noordhoek - a funky, reasonably-priced place with a fabulous view and a lovely resident golden retriever. It's close to both Long Beach and Chapman's Peak Drive, both of which deserve a chunk of your time.

Feast your eyeballs on...

...the suite...
...the view from the deck...
...a delightfully friendly dog named Bungo...
...the sunset...
...the beach the next morning...
...and a view from Chapman's Peak Drive.

Sometimes...

...you just need to let sleeping dogs lie.

A little dog I know...

Flowerpot dog says: "Pick me, pick me!"

Some weekend road trip love courtesy of my Nokia E71

Horses grazing at Summerhill Stud Farm,
Kwazulu-Natal Midlands.

The welcoming committee at the entrance to
Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini, KZN.

The wind-swept Mtunzini beach.

A salty sea dog says hello in St Lucia, KZN.
(Also in the pic: My hubby's sexy arm and leg :-)

Breakfast dog says: "Me wantses some of your bacon, preez!"

St. Lucia Estuary framed by forest.