#Photography

There’s a cocktail revolution happening in Joburg. New cocktail bars seem to be opening on a monthly basis in this town.

By “cocktail bar”, I do not mean a smokey pickup joint with a disco ball serving florescent cosmos made by a bartender with slicked-back hair and a shiny shirt. (For some reason this was my cocktail bar stereotype until recently.)

Okay people. It’s time to talk about dating apps.

If you’re using a dating app like Tinder – or considering doing so – read to the end of this post. You could win a free dating app profile consultation and photoshoot.

I spent six days in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.

Two friends joined me for the last two days but the rest of the time I was alone. Other than booking my flight and accommodation and buying a guide book – the Bradt Travel Guide for Mozambique, which has a short and rather disappointing chapter on Maputo but was helpful nonetheless – I made zero plans before going. Once there, I continued making zero plans and just wandered around looking at things.

Bezuidenhout Valley, aka Bez Valley, feels like a forgotten suburb. Once home to wealthy Johannesburg socialites, the area has declined in recent decades. Many of Bez Valley’s stately old houses have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair.