You land in Auckland, jet-lagged, staring at a rental car counter. You have 21 days. You want to see Hobbiton, Milford Sound, and maybe a glacier. Everyone tells you to “just drive south.” I did that. Then I spent three days in a car, 8 hours a day, missing everything I actually came for. That’s …
The claim that Cape Town is “one of Africa’s most vegan-friendly cities” gets repeated in every travel roundup. It is, technically, accurate. But it creates a false expectation — that any restaurant you walk into will serve you well. It won’t. Cape Town has a genuinely strong plant-based dining scene, concentrated in specific neighbourhoods, built …
