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Pafuri: an Edenic landscape at the border of 3 countries
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21 March 2019
27 May 2024
The Kruger National Park is one of my favourite places in the world. There is nothing like those early mornings…
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Keiskamma Art Project II: Tourist potential for Hamburg?
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2 March 2019
27 May 2024
I posted a blog some time back about an exhibition in August 2018 of works from the Keiskamma Art Project at…
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An idiots’ guide to the origins of humankind: part 1
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16 January 2019
27 May 2024
Human ancestory: fraught with complexity Africa and South Africa in particular, have been the site and source of many ground-breaking…
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Birdwatching experiences arranged by Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse
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15 November 2018
Liz at Lancaster arranges birding tours for guests A recent guest from the United States who came to stay at…
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Amidst ‘a market a day’ what makes Jozi’s Bryanston Organic and Natural Market stand out?
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8 August 2018
5 June 2024
Jozi’s first open-air food and craft market It’s been going over 40 years; it’s an institution in its own right’;…
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Keiskamma Art Project at FADA gallery University Johannesburg 2018
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1 August 2018
5 June 2024
2108 FADA Alumni Exhibition Major works from the Keiskamma Art Project, many of which have been exhibited in South Africa…
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South Africa’s “little Big Bang”
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25 July 2018
5 June 2024
Before its demise the Orbit Jazz club in Braamfontein used to hold wonderful monthly talks on fascinating scientific topics from…
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2018 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award winners: Managing Expectations
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4 February 2018
5 June 2024
Evaluating standards: From benchmarking to crowdsourcing Back in the 1994 when Liz at Lancaster first started, the only benchmarking publication…
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Where can we buy Shweshwe?
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15 March 2017
5 June 2024
This was the first question I was faced with recently at the breakfast table. Guests wanted to buy Sheshwe cloth…
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2016: The Year of the Fossil
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24 February 2017
27 May 2024
MUST- SEE JOZI SITE – CRADLE OF HUMANKIND Guests who stayed at Liz at Lancaster recently visited Origins Museum and…
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