Sixth in an occasional blog series called This Is the East, featuring hidden spots on Johannesburg’s East Rand.
A few weeks ago I saw some photos of a plate of chips – fries, to the Americans among you – on Instagram.
That Time I Climbed Ponte
Let me tell you about that time I ran to the top of Ponte City.
Every few months Dlala Nje and Microadventure Tours co-host the Ponte Challenge, which invites people to gather at the bottom of Ponte City at a very early hour and run or walk 54 storeys to the top. Last month I finally made the event and I (mostly) ran to the top. It really wasn’t that bad.
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Not Cycling Through Alexandra Township
I recently found myself not cycling on a cycle ride through Alexandra Township.
I was supposed to cycle, but there weren’t enough bikes and it was blazing hot and when someone suggested I ride in the Jeep that was escorting the riders and take photos through the open top, I gladly accepted.
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This Is the East: The Windmill of Van Riebeek Avenue
Fifth in an occasional blog series called This Is the East, featuring hidden spots on Johannesburg’s East Rand.
On a busy stretch of Van Riebeek Avenue in Edenvale, amidst hair braiding salons and car stereo places and dusty old bookshops, is an authentic, nearly full-sized Dutch wooden windmill. Inside the windmill is a Dutch pancake house and below it is the best Dutch bakery in Joburg.