Travel Photography
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Vienna
When I was last in Vienna, I watched my first-ever Automattic Town Hall: an online meeting with the whole company. This was a few weeks before Automattic’s acquisition of WooThemes was publicly announced. We also were provided access to our internal tools in that week, and I found a few of my new colleagues on…
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New York City
In the last week of September, I had a meetup in New York City. Even though I was there only for about 70 hours, most of which I was hanging out with my colleagues, I wanted to explore this iconic city to the fullest. Given that my time zone is six hours ahead, I decided…
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Simon’s Town
Shortly after returning from Belgium, we went to the Simon’s Town holiday home of friends. Kim’s mom had been in Bali staying with her son who works remotely from there. To celebrate us being together again after five months, we spent some time together. For all of us coming from hot weather, the cold and…
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Antwerp
Between May and August, we spent about 3-4 weeks in Antwerp, but only on the very last Sunday, we took time for a tourist stroll as a family. We had been to Antwerp in previous years, so wanted to explore some newer parts which we found in Linkeroever. On the way over, we used the…
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Geneva and Clairvaux-Les-Lacs
After our camping trip, we wanted to break up the drive home. We found out my sister was staying near the Swiss Alps, so decided to drive through Geneva to Clairvaux-Les-Lacs. Next to strolling around the city and having some fondue, we enjoyed a refreshing dive in the lake.
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Reims
During my sabbatical, we were in Europe for three months. During those months, we went camping in the Provence with my parents and my brother’s family. In the next few posts, I’ll share some pics of the trips we made during those weeks. First off, on the drive to the South of France, we stopped…
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Sabbatical
Today my sabbatical starts. Three months of fully paid leave, a perk every employee at Automattic gets every five years. A few months ago, I was brainstorming with Kim when I last had been on a three-month holiday without any obligations. Given the length of school holidays, I know that it must have been before…
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Montagu & Robertson
At the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 restrictions in South Africa included not being able to access public beaches, rivers, and dams. We had planned a two-week road trip which included many beaches and rivers, so we decided to postpone it. Instead, we made a last-minute reservation to go to the smaller towns of…
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An adventure
(originally written on Instagram on 11 February 2021) This is our little family a few days ago, sitting in the bathroom of our Addo cottage. Outside, two men are chatting to each other while they are moving the furniture. They sound on edge. Thirty minutes before that I was reading on the couch while Mila…
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Franschhoek
The weekend after our birthday party, Kim and I went to Franschhoek. Pretty much all previous times we’ve gone there, we’ve done the wine tram and thats still very highly recommended. This time, however, we were spoilt by our family. Things to do We were able to stay at Basse Provence Country House (Rickety Bridge)…
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Philippines
During our December holidays, after visiting Hong Kong and Malaysia, we continued to the Philippines. We considered a few options, but decided to stick to the islands of Palawan in the South-West; mostly persuaded by the option to do some wreck diving and having read that it has some of the best island hopping in…
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Malaysia
After our passage through Hong Kong, we continued to Malaysia. Kim is an amazing researcher in her job, and that’s no different in our travel planning. She had found out what the best parts of Malaysia were in that time of year; apart from a few showers, we were able to avoid rain altogether. Kuala…
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Hong Kong
When looking for flights to South East Asia, we found that travelling through Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific was the cheapest and most direct option. We decided to give ourselves a few days to explore Hong Kong rather than continuing straight to Malaysia. My brother-in-law, Devin, was also en route to South East Asia with…
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National Parks road trip
It had been a while since Kim and I had been on a trip that didn’t involve family visits. We love our family, but we also love exploring and road tripping, so after the stress of renovating our place, we went for a 9-day road trip. Coastal part We chose to do the longest leg…
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Cape Agulhas
Cape Point near Cape Town is often perceived as the Southernmost tip of Africa, but it’s actually the Southwesternmost tip. The real Southernmost tip of Africa is Cape Agulhas. In February, when Kim’s mom came to visit, we went there for a long weekend. It was very stormy and windy, but the rugged scenery made…
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Belgium, France and England
One of the big advantages of both Kim and me working remotely is that we aren’t tied to a single location. A few months ago, that meant that we were able to spend almost seven weeks in Europe without taking much leave. Itinerary I love living in South Africa, but at the same time, I do…
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Cambodia
The first ten days of our trip, we were in Vietnam. On the last day of 2016, we flew into Cambodia for the next half of our holiday. Start We arrived in Sihanoukville when the sun was already setting. It was New Year’s Eve, and we had no idea what to expect of this coast…
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Vietnam
Kim and I have family and friends all over the place. It’s great to visit them, and we love them, but it sometimes results in us exploring less than we’d like to. So we decided to go on a 3-week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. The first ten days we spent in Vietnam, and we…
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Dublin
My team consists out of people spread over three continents and several times zones. Once a year, we meet, and in 2016 we opted to go to Dublin, a city neither of us had been to before. The time together was great, and Dublin was a good scene for the event. The city has a…
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Austria, Slovakia, Belgium, Germany & Portugal
In May and June, we went to Europe, originally for just the WordCamp in Cologne, but we combined it with Kim doing research in Vienna, a short trip to Bratislava, visits to friends and family in Belgium, and a holiday in Estoril and Lisbon to celebrate our birthdays.