Tag: South Africa
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Love Life and Live Your Purpose – Life

Images: Pixabay – Disused Old Goldmine – Johannesburg South Africa Our Minds Are Goldmines Today, we’ll shift focus from love to life; next month, we’ll explore purpose. Our minds are like goldmines; without them, we can’t truly understand life. The “gold” in our minds—our thoughts and ideas—determines the quality of our lives. The Mind How…
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Newspaper Scandal

Feature Photo by abolfazl shaker – Upsplash.com. Newspaper Scandal It’s seven, giving me an hour before hitting the trail to my factory. during this time of the day, I’m alone, quiet, my local newspaper lying on the twelve-seater table in the breakfast room. A crackling log fire burning, the smell of Canadian Pine from the…
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Ryan’s Daughter-A Movie About Ireland.

Featured Image by Tommy Kwaky Upsplash.com Review By sirpeterjames.com Here is an oldie, filmed in 1970 in breathtaking locations by masters of cinematography. The location was largely Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. But the beach scenes were filmed on Long Beach, south of Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa. The movie won two Oscars and…
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Ireland Bound-The Wheelchair Wizards

Ireland, A trip to remember. At the insistence of our children, my wife and I decided to pack up our home in South Africa and emigrate to Ireland. Given our age and many other vital factors, we decided this would be the wisest thing to do. It was late 2020 and under severe lock-down conditions…
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Bags & Bags – Johannesburg, South Africa
Reblogged from: Bags & Bags – Johannesburg, South Africa – DanVenture Travels Earlier in the year, I wrote about flying home for the first time in a while. I wanted to share an experience I had on my way back & give some advice to help you avoid being in the same situation. After having…
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Thirst Quenchers Around The World
This is a reblog from Danventure Travels: https://danventuretravels.com/2021/08/07/thirst-quenchers-around-the-world/ Soda. Soft drink. Pop. Whatever you call it, you know what I am referring to – a carbonated, sugary beverage. I know soft drinks are not healthy at all, but I love them & they might be my biggest guilty pleasure. Different countries have different soft drinks…
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Trust Yourself, You Did The Right Thing
For what it’s worth I have found there is some commonness in the severity levels of events and how we humans respond to them. One scale said that the following events stressed humans more than others (Laid out in order of their severity): Death of a loved one. Divorce. Moving. Major illness or injury.…
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Lockdown – continued
We may just be able to end the national lockdown safely and re-start the economy – Alan Knott-Craig BY ALAN KNOTT-CRAIG@GOODTHINGSGUYAPR 7, 2020 70,338 0 Johannesburg, South Africa (7 April 2020) – Alan Knott-Craig wrote an opinion piece that is going viral about how we need to get our minds around why it’s possible to be optimistic about South Africa…
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Chevy Lane – Food Experience with a Difference

A Restaurant Review. We decided that we just felt like having a burger and Spur seemed like an obvious choice……..