Starting something new

Good day fellow travellers, tourist, bloggers and subscribers,

My is, am and are's might not always be in the right places but my love of touring and passion for guiding will certainly make up for it.

Starting something new is always exciting and at first seems very easy.  Then the realisation sets in that you might have signed up for something way above your abilities and you start to doubt yourself - which by the way is quite normal! I always try to remember the following three things:

1.  When you feel like giving up, just keep on going:  You are just one step away from success;

2.  The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary;  and

3.  How do you eat an elephant?  Bite for bite.

This brings me to my next thought:  Starting something new is wonderful but how do you go on from there?  The answer is:  I am still finding out.  Trying everything along the way and keeping the best parts of it.  Most days seems like an uphill battle.  As that great inspirational song says:  "It's the climb!"


Hartbeespoort Dam Wall from the waterside.  This photo was taken on Thursday, 8 September 2011, while out on a Hartbeespoort Day Tour with a wonderful Saudi Arabian family. 

 I have started my company, DOT Leisure Travel & Tours, in January 2011.  The dotty part of the name comes from the fact that little dorpe (towns) or big cities is always a dot on a map.  As a tour operator and a national tourist guide, I love taking you to that dot on the map for you to experience the true beauty of South Africa and its people.

So?  From starting something new to going forward:

It's life!  Go for it!  There is no rewind button to it!