Tag: history

• A Lekker Time in Cape Town

  

  (*Lekker is an Afrikaans word that was used to 1) describe food as tasty or nice.  Now it’s been adapted as slang in other ways: 2) to comment about a woman who is fit/hot and 3) to express one’s feeling that something /someone is cool, sweet, dope; a basic word to express approval…summing up exactly…

  tkforrest

  February 4, 2018

  Cape Town, South Africa

  Anderson Paak, Beach, Bo Kaap, Boschendal, botanical garden, Bree Street, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, District Six, drought, Franschhoek, Green Market, hike, history, House of H, Kalk Bay, Khayelitsha, Langa, Long Street, Loop Street, market, neighborhood, Nelson Mandela, Old Biscuit Mill, Olympia Bakery, penguins, Robben Island, shopping, Table Mountain, township, vineyard, waterfront, wine tasting, Woodstock, YoungstaCPT

• Hanoi Is Where the Heart Is

  

  26Dec2016: Arrival in Hanoi Our first night in Hanoi we had dinner with Lisa and Jared at Chim Sao for a hotpot dinner.  It felt wonderful to catch up about their trip details, where they’d hiked and the caves they’d explored, but also about their lives back in Oakland.

  tkforrest

  February 14, 2017

  Hanoi, Vietnam

  bun cha, cafe, chicken, Cong, Halong Bay, Hanoi, history, Ho Chi Minh, massage, Museum, Old Quarter, pho