#Culture

Zanzibar is known for its appeal as a tourist destination. Zanzibar is also known for its spices. It is therefore no surprise that Zanzibaris have figured out a way to combine these two income generators into the famous Zanzibar Spice Tour.

I’ve just finished looking through the photos I took during my six days in Zanzibar, winnowing down the group of pictures that I plan to share on the blog. I nearly cried about halfway through, trying to figure out where I will even begin to tell the story of this trip.

Have you been to Melville lately?

I spent a few hours exploring my home suburb yesterday, something I haven’t done in a while, and I can barely contain my excitement over all of the cool places that are opening up. Here are my top three:

As most South Africans know, there is an ongoing competition between between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Capetonians believe their city is the best place to live and would never live anywhere else. Joburgers believe the same. This my-city-is-better-than-your-city debate (i.e. trash-talking) gets heated at times.