Romancing the goosebumps at Canada’s ice hotel
Canada’s Hôtel de Glace is a pristine sanctuary that comes into being each year, never in quite the same form, then melts away, like it was all an illusion. A hotel with no restaurant, no room service, no TV or Internet access and where, to get to the loo in the middle of the night, you have to negotiate an outdoor courtyard where the temperature is below freezing and, if snow is falling, it will be falling on you.
The Chairman Part 2: Ndabo Langa in conversation
An “in his own words” Q & A with founding owner, architect Ndabo Langa, published here for the first time. By Wanda Hennig Architect Ndabo […]
Travel to Poland: Welcome to Warsaw
Culinary travel and feature writer Wanda Hennig, the daughter of a Pole, goes to Poland to explore her roots. She starts her trip and her blog in Warsaw.
Buddhist Retreat Center on CNN top 10 list
The Buddhist Retreat Center in rural Ixopo, South Africa, has been named by CNN as one of the world’s Top 10 meditation retreat centers. Those who know the BRC, which opened in 1980 and attracts mindfulness enthusiasts from around South African and internationally, are not surprised.
Accessible websites give light where there was darkness
Developer’s focus is accessible standards-compliant WCAG 2.0 AA quality HTML5 Magento and WordPress themes. By Wanda Hennig When Bay Area web developer Tee Peng was […]
Antony Osler’s Zen Dust takes you on the road in South Africa
Poetry, politics, mindfulness, laughter, tears, the story of the Buddha and Zen wisdom weave through Antony Osler’s journey ‘home’ along the backroads of South Africa. By […]
Zen and The Art of Sheep Farming
Human Rights lawyer, sheep farmer and Zen Buddhist — Antony Osler is not your average Karoo inhabitant. Story and pictures by Wanda Hennig First published […]
Taste for Travel: 20 Tips for Culinary Travel Adventurers
A foodie panel talks Culinary Travel at the Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show. If you’re a seasoned culinary traveler, a culinary travel wanna-be or […]
RIP Dave Brubeck — Take (Eighty)-Five
Dave Brubeck: December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012. The jazz icon, world-renowned pianist and composer of jazz and classical music whose experimentation with unusual […]
The man who built Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium
The brief lead architect Gerhard le Roux got was to create a world-class, multi-purpose sporting facility and an iconic, innovative and sustainable landmark for Durban. The resulting Moses Mabhida Stadium would be the jewel in the Kings Park Sporting precinct. The entire area would feature additional sporting arenas and facilities as well as restaurants, shops, children’s play areas and a pedestrian walkway linking the stadium complex to the beach.