Every so often I'll do one of these: just a collection of pictures from the places I've been. These are from my 3-week drive through the Garden Route in South Africa. I met all sorts of people, all of them warm, friendly and welcoming. South Africa is a beautiful country and definitely worth a visit if you ever get the chance.

This guy ran the hostel I stayed at in VicBay. He's a 60 year old retired surfer with an encyclopedic knowledge of 60's jam bands. We stayed up all night listening to Rodriguez and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Super cool dude.

Brother Zeff is part of the Knysna Rastafarian community, the largest in SA. I loved his open, expressive face and so took his portrait.

These ladies said I looked like Jackie Chan so before taking their picture I said "1-2-3 Jackie Chan!"

This guy was watching my car for me in Graaff-Reinet, in-land in the Karoo. In SA, you normally pay a few Rand to car minders whose job it is to deter theft (although this didn't turn out so well in Mozambique).

Morbid, but I liked the painted advertorials that are prevalent all over SA.

Kids hitching a ride on the local "school bus" in Coffee Bay, on the Eastern Cape

These guys were watching us hit golf balls into the ocean, near a place appropriately called Hole in the Wall in Coffee Bay