Thesolowanderer

Year-end fatigue is upon us all and as my small way to help us escape, how about you start dreaming of your #ShotLeft to South Africa with some of our top most popular tourist destinations as curated by me. These are some of my personal favorite. In no order of importance, this is my top places to visit in South Africa. It would probably be very pricey for you to visit them all on one visit but one can always have a buckelist to work on.  Here are my top touristy places to visit in South Africa as curated by me, Thesolowandera:  Robben Island View this post on Instagram #TravelTuesday today we visit #RobbenIsland in #SouthAfrica A post shared by Katchie Nzama (@thesolowandera) on Jul 19, 2016 at 5:02am PDT Robben Island is an island in  Cape Town , South Africa. The name is  Dutch  for "seal island." Nobel  Laureate and former  President of South Africa   ...

My most recent adventure has been learning about beers. what is it that makes a beer a good beer, what kind of food would compliment different beers, and where do these beer flavours come from and how do they come about? Most of us know a good beer or what we imagine is a good beer just based on a sip. But there is more to our beloved brew than just awesome branding and marketing. Today I will share with you some lessons I have learned from drinking beers across Africa through a 5-course food and beer pairing available at SAB World of Beer. A Nile Special on the river Nile, Uganda. What’s in a beer? Most beers are made up of four basic ingredients: Barley, which is processed into malt, then brewed Hops, which are added during brewing to balance the malt with a more bitter flavor Yeast, which adds carbonation and alcohol content during fermentation Water To make a good pairing, you first need to understand the different flavors that are present in...

As a traveler and lover of adventure and uncertainty while traveling, African cultures have always been right at the top of things I love to explore and learn about. I have found that there is great difficulty in visiting various villages to immerse myself in these cultures if you are a budget traveller but I make it happen anyways. View this post on Instagram A fiery Kalahari desert Sunset on a super cloudy day at Toko Lodge, Namibia 🌞🏜 I have been blessed to come from and travel through the most beautiful continent in the world 🌍 They call it Africa, I call it home 💗 #BreakingBorders #Thesolowanderer A post shared by Katchie Nzama (@thesolowandera) on Jan 26, 2018 at 9:44pm PST This was my second time visiting Namibia. I am traveling solo using public transport. I have magically forgotten the difficulty of using public transport in this desert country and how brutal the heat can be. But that is the least of my prob...