Thesolowanderer

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...

This Holiday Giveaway (“Competition”) is run by  #Thesolowanderer  (“Promoter”) and is open to all persons of 18 years or older and resident in South Africa, except the employees and their immediate families of Promoter and Leeuwenhof Lodge, advertising and promotion agencies, associated companies, and staff.  These rules may be amended by notification at any time during the Competition and will be interpreted by Promoter only. Participation by all entrants (“Participants”) constitutes acceptance of these rules.  This Competition will be run on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The Competition will run from 25 October 2020 to 31 October 2020 (“Competition Period”). The winners will be announced by 15 November 2020. Winners will be notified via their social media platform of choice used to enter the competition.  There is a two-night holiday getaway for a couple to be won to the value of R10 000 at the end of the Competition Period.  To enter, Participants m...

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...

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 Funny how my brain just forgets certain struggles. I have completely forgotten about the #Namibia 🇳🇦 heat and also how traveling to certain parts is almost impossible. Hitch hiking had to happen as in any other desert country. Now the struggle will be getting out of here and going to Windhoek 😧 But I survived the heat. Ran out of water and felt like death. My hijabs come in super handy but I've also ran out of sun screen so my skin is on fire right now 😭😧 Let's see what Kamanjab has in store for me. I'm super excited about visiting this particular vil...