Map2africa Peter Pittendrigh

We are cycling from Cape Town, Western Cape to the Botswana Border, Limpopo  (Ponts Drift / Zanzibar) to raise funds and awareness for the Muizenburg Surf Foundation. Shaun Solomons the founder and teacher of the foundation grew up in Muizenberg's economically disadvantaged area. He understands the trials and difficulties that the children in the area face.
Shaun makes sure that each child receives a lunch, and often this is the only substantial meal that many of the children have for the day. The children are assisted with homework and other social issues they are struggling with. This program keeps them off the streets and out of gangs. 
Through this mentoring program these children learn how to surf, they learn responsibility, and how to be a part of society. They also have the opportunity to become surf instructors later on in their lives.
The goal is to raise money to help Shaun keep this project running as they have lost most of their funding during the Covid19 pandemic. Please read further below about the GoFundMe page to help.

I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to a number of contributors to tourism, Travel, and COVID-19
A book that offers comprehensive guidelines to help you overcome this crisis including an adaptable and comprehensive tourism crisis recovery checklist; how to manage risks and revenue optimally; how to identify weak links in the tourism value chain (and fix them!); why storytelling is your secret weapon and a lot more. There are some amazing contributions to the book and are discussed by: 
Shanaleigh Hebbard, Editor of tourism, Travel and COVID-19
Sarah Habsburg - Resilience action planning - Attracting domestic guests and social distancing
Mandisa Magwaxaza - Tourism vs poorism
Navlika Ratangee - Promoting personal and workplace mental health in the age of COVID-19
Kobus Scholtz - Positive mental mindset vs COVID-19 upset. Winner Takes It All
Pick up a copy of the book by clicking here   

In this episode we discuss COVID-19, Mountains, travel, Africa, searching for snow, cycling through Vietnam and a lot more. 
 
You can follow Helene and her adventures on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lienmuller8/ 
 

Music, cocktails and travel stories from my good friend Raven Rudolph. Follow him on https://www.instagram.com/bedroombusking/

Today we are speaking to Winemaker Edmund Oettlé, from Upland Organic estate. 
The first Organic wine farm in South Africa. I was fortunate enough to get an insight into the workings of the farm, the hard work and perseverance of a passion, and how it all ties together to produce some of the best wines and brandies in the country. The chickens on the farm are REALLY free-range and make their way into the recording so please excuse the noise, if you're interested in Organic best practices and yummy wines and Brandies this is a good one...
http://www.organicwine.co.za/ 

I'm joined by Lerato Malekutu PR and Communications Specialist at Leratomalekutu.com. I had the pleasure of reconnecting with an old school friend and hearing more about her travel adventures and long 10-year career as Media Manager for Cricket South Africa. Please welcome my friend, Lerato!