​​​Writer, editor, proofreader and African travel blogger ​

​​​I am a freelance writer, photojournalist, blogger, editor and proofreader. As a travel writer, I have walked through the Kalahari with a San tracker, camped under the stars in the bare stillness of the Richtersveld, and driven along the Roof of Africa in the high mountains of Lesotho. I have breakfasted in the Okavango Delta with a herd of elephants, walked among the wild horses of the Namib Desert and felt the spray of the Victoria Falls on my face.
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Follow my Africa Addict travel blog here. I only write about places we've been to ourselves –
sometimes many, many times – so you can be sure the info is accurate.
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• I have won more than ten Specialist Press Association Pica Awards for writing and editing.
• Rated #10 in top 50 African travel websites and blogs by Feedspot
• Rated as one of the Top 10 South African travel blogs to follow by Come to Cape Town
• Rated as one of Top 6 travel bloggers in South Africa by African Overland Tours
• Rated as one of the Top 100 African Travel Experts on Twitter by TravelStart Nigeria
• Rated as one of 100 great SA travel Twitter Feeds by TravelStart South Africa
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• My book A Walk in the Park: travels in and around South Africa's national parks was published in 2009 and the updated 2nd edition published as an e-book in 2015.
• My e-book Travels in the Kalahari: Exploring the spirit of the thirstland was published in 2012.
• My fourth book, The Essential Guide to Self-Editing: power tips to improve your writing, website and blog, was published in 2017 as an e-book.

Updated 2nd edition 2015, e-book

E-book, 2012

E-book 2017

Paperback, 2011

​I am also a freelance editor and proofreader for a number of mainstream publishers, and a health writer, covering issues such as food and nutrition, healthy lifestyle, malaria, waterborne disease in Africa, lifestyle diseases, wine, etc.