Latest Blog Posts for Rory in South Africa

• Where to find the best West Coast flowers
  on Sep 4, 2015 in Photography Travel photography travel West Coast National Park Cape Town South Africa flowers langebaan West Coast Postberg flower season Geelbek Restaurant wild flowers Elmarie Leonard
  Earlier this week I was invited by SANParks to take a trip out to the West Coast National Park, just an hour and a half away from Cape Town to see the famous flowers that burst out of the ground at this time of year. You could trawl along the various...
• Ascension isn’t for everyone…
  on Aug 10, 2015 in Adventure Hiking Photography adventure Ascension ravine Cape Town friends Hiddingh Ascension hiking Newlands Forest photography South Africa table mountain
  Hiddingh Ascension that is. One of the lesser known routes up Table Mountain and also one of the most difficult. I had heard about it from a colleague at work and asked him to let me know when he did it again as it is definitely not a route you shoul...
• Why drive to lunch, when you can fly?
  on May 30, 2015 in Adventure Aviation Photography Travel aerial photography aviation Black Oyster Catcher Cape Town coast flying friends
  My friend Hilton called and said that he and a mate wanted to fly to the Black Oystercatcher for lunch and was I keen. Of course I was, not only because I love flying but because I had also visited the Black Oystercatcher before and know they have so...
• Scoot West Coast – Rediscovering people and places
  on May 18, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town friends outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander It’s funny how 7 days can go by so quickly and yet still seem like another time in one’s life. We set off from outside the Goodhope FM‘s studio in Seapoint with an uncertainty ab...
• Day 7 – “F-f-f-f-from there?”
  on May 10, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town friends Malmesbury outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast skydiving South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander Day 7. The final day of the Scoot West Coast tour… While general maintenance at the Riebeek Valley Hotel may have been neglected a little, the kitchen certainly hasn’t been and a d...
• Day 6 – Bar Bar Black Sheep, have you any space?
  on May 10, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town friends outdoors Piekenierskloof Riebeek Valley Hotel Riebeek West scooter Scootwestcoast South Africa Susanna Tecklenburg Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander It’s been a long week on the bikes, with non-stop activities and late dinners. Last night was no exception and as we left the table on the way to our enticing beds, we all agreed to conv...
• Day 5 – Treasure trove at Fryer’s Cove
  on May 9, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town Doringbaai friends outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander Traveler’s tip: Always carry some headache pills in your toiletries bag. A true West Coast ‘kuier’, while thoroughly enjoyable, does tend to ring in one’s ears a little longer than...
• Day 4 – Beware the ‘spoegie-man’
  on May 8, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town friends outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander I woke up because of something I had omitted from my blog update yesterday. Quite literally actually… That gentle humming noise that I could hear from within our Rocherpan eco-cabin as I...
• Day 3 – Bokkom and birding
  on May 7, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town friends GoodHope FM outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander The start of Day 3 brought with it 2 fantastic new things that had been missing on the trip so far. Firstly – clear, sunny, blue skies. And secondly, the one & only Siv Ngesi, ou...
• Day 2 – Scootcuzzi
  on May 5, 2015 in Adventure Travel adventure Cape Town Club Mykonos friends GoodHope FM outdoors scooter Scootwestcoast Shelly Point South Africa Vespa Wesgro West Coast
  written by Roan Mackintosh, pictures edited by Rory Alexander For those who followed day 1 & were wondering – yes, the Roulette gods did indeed smile down upon me & and I went some way to paying off that speeding fine from yesterday (found...

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