Ivan Muller, The Lazy Travel Photographer

Its not the easiest thing to walk around beaches and just point ones camera at half naked people ..not here in South Africa anyway...and at ...

My wife and I stayed in Ballito on the Natal north coast for a weekend at the beginning of February this year. We managed to get a one ...

Isola Pescatori , or Fisherman's island lies just off the shore of Lake Maggiore between  Stresa and Baveno and is part of the Borromean...

I have posted quite a few images and thoughts about our photographic journey to Bethulie and Philippolis. Undoubtedly the non photographic...

At 0km..., In December 2011 my wife, Cheryl, and I took a quick three day photographic journey to Philippolis via Bethulie. Both these tow...

At 599km's... Weppener is a small Freestate town named after Kommandant Louw Weppener. It is a very sad looking town with one part of ...

At 671, 738, 769 & 783km's... We left Weppener after a picnic on the lawn of the Dutch Reformed Church and looked forward to the l...

At 789km's... Just before we reached our final destination for the day we saw, from afar, on the horizon a symmetrical 'koppie...

Still at 800km's... As we drove out of Bethulie on our way to Philippolis I saw a new RDP  hosing project being built. I stopped to ta...

Still at 800km... I enjoy photography best when I have time and I don't have to hurry. That's why I like to stay over in a place t...

At 800km... Bethulie is a small town that resides almost on the banks of the Gariep dam. Its famous for being the town were Patrick Mynhar...

At 820, 821 & 839km's... After leaving Bethulie our first stop was the bridge over the Orange river just outside Bethulie. This br...

At 858km's.. Venterstad, not to be confused with Ventersdorp of ET fame, is a small little town below the Gariep dam. We travelled thr...

At 870km's... The road from Venterstad to the Gariep dam  was rather uneventful and the only interesting scene was the gate to the Gel...

At 915 and 874km's. .. The Gariep dam is our largest dam and is situated almost halfway between Johannesburg and Capetown. Its always ...

at 1000, 985 and 979km's... The stretch of road between the Gariep dam to Philippolis via Colesberg, was uneventful. We were tired and...

at 1000km.. From Colesberg to Philippolis is about 57 km. We didn't stop in Colesberg because by this time we had been driving the who...

I can heartily recommend the Starry Nights Karoo Cottages ( http://www.starrynights.co.za   ) in Philippolis. The cottage was spotlessly cl...

Still at 1030km... Before we leave Philippolis (I think you might have had enough by now! ) i will show my last few portraits I made here...

Still at 1030km.. . Here we have a portrait of Claire..she works at Ko Ma In ( Afrikaans for 'come in' ) a restaurant and coffee b...