by Deevra Norling | Jan 17, 2017 | Western Cape, guest blog, cape town, south africa, Travel
I’m not a sports person, not by a long shot. So this isn’t an article about my personal experience doing the FNB Wine2Whales Mountain Biking Stage Race. But every year for the last three years I’ve been at the finish to welcome friends as they complete the race. So I...
by Deevra Norling | Oct 18, 2016 | Western Cape, The Jax Blog, guest blog, #Meetsouthafrica, cape town, south africa, Festival, Travel
Hermanus Whale Festival – 9 Reasons to Visit Hermanus, for the last 25 years, has been welcoming thousands of visitors to its shores to celebrate the arrival of the Southern Right Whale in the waters of Walker Bay. Over 100 000 local and international visitors...
by Lauren Melnick | Sep 13, 2016 | guest blog, Western Cape, The Jax Blog, accommodation, south africa, Travel
Every now and then, we all crave something unusually cool, new and exciting. Something totally out of the ordinary that blows our hair back, knocks our socks off and leaves us day-dreaming about the experience for years to come. Why should your holiday accommodation...
by The Jax | Aug 10, 2016 | Restaurant, Western Cape, Food, south africa, Travel
Transkaroo bring haar padkos! Is Afrikaans for ‘Transkaroo bring her food for the road’. This is a play on words from the opening lyric of the South African hit television show of the eighties, named Transkaroo. “Transkaroo bring haar huistoe”...
by The Jax | Jul 5, 2016 | The Jax Blog, Western Cape, tourism, cape town, south africa, wine, Travel
Fireplaces in Franschhoek ?FRANSCHHOEK FIREPLACES ? On such a rainy & cold winter’s day I’m already missing the fireplaces of @franschhoek_sa ….? A photo posted by Jacqui Cooks | Travel Blogger (@thejaxblog) on Jun 27, 2016 at 12:46am PDT...