Category: "Travel"

adidas and AREA3 present “City Walks” Public Art Walks

adidas Originals in conjunction with Main Street Walks will be conducting free weekly guided tours departing from AREA3 every Sunday at 14h30. The guided tours are an hour long and conducted through the inner-city streets of Johannesburg. Landmarks along the tour include unique street art murals including those commissioned by adidas Originals as part of [...]

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Meet Bob… By Ryan Jacobs [Photo Gallery]

I’ve been thinking about this boy a lot lately. I met him in Salahdeen, a neighborhood in Aleppo. Behind him in the picture is a curtain the community have hung across the street and countless streets like it. On one side, they live. On the other side, there are snipers. It provides some protection, but [...]

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Relaxation 101 – Grootbos Luxury Nature Reserve [Review]

You’re spoiled with a plethora of choices when it comes to resting the body and mind in Cape Town and the Western Cape, which is why Grootbos have taken a focused approach to the business of relaxation. I recently visited them and here’s what I thought… The luxury nature reserve is split into two sections, [...]

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DJ INVIZABLE IN MAPUTO! [video]

One of Cape Town & South Africa’s most underrated artists, DJ INVIZABLE, the Advisor to The Imperial House Of Africa travelled to Maputo for the AZGO Festival. The incredibly talented team of Makhulu were there to film the whole thing. Enjoy!

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Valentine’s Month with Grootbos Private Nature Reserve

Every year in the month of February, something really strange happens to the whole planet (except for maybe North Korea) where most of it’s inhabitants feel an immense amount of Valentine’s pressure to do something romantic… and red. It’s all made extra crazy by the fact that you can’t go anywhere near a shop without [...]

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White Man on a Minibus: A Touching Story of Triumph.

Please note that I write this having been brought up in the thick stench of white privilege, a burden I bear with both feelings of guilt and gratitude.  My childhood was littered with extra-murals, kosher lunches and drama excursions. We golfed on Sundays, had chiropractors on Mondays and thought wearing plaid shirts was a fashion [...]

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A Day Out In Cape Town With vitamin water

Towards the end of last year, I received a very vague email from the legendary folk at vitamin water asking if I’d be interested in doing a couple of “challenges” over the course of a weekend. My immediate thoughts were shark caging diving or jumping out of a plane, getting all extreme-like and shit, and even [...]

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Have You Heard Of Decibel Festival??

I am on a never ending quest to find the BEST festivals across the world. Just after posting the previous blog, I got chatting to Willie who sent me this video of Decibel Festival which went down last week in the Netherlands. He even spent bits of his weekend streaming the event live (which I [...]

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Tour Diary: Lady M goes Euro

With the need for a sonic adventure I decided Europe and ultimately Berlin would be the place…not only was it the best dancing experience, it was a solid electronic music education and proved everything it claimed to be in the world of house and techno. Besides holiday time, it was also the first time I would be [...]

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