Marita Bester
Marita's Substack is a space for thoughtful essays and contemporary insights on travel, culture, and the environment.
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Reading about Storms While It's Storming
Photo Credit Pexels: Israel Luvhimbi
At some point around 3 a.m., I stopped pretending I was going to rest and just lay there listening to windows rattling, something outside clattering down the street, and the feeling that the Cape was r...
The Shoes and the Frozen Yoghurt
Burgos Cathedral in the sunlight
The sound of thunder wasn’t what I wanted to hear. We still had ten kilometres to the next town. I looked back at Natasha. Her poncho had blown up around her head, the wind rising suddenly and sharply, as i...
An Incomplete Hike On The Slopes of Kasteelberg
Over the last few days, I’ve been in bed resting my knee. I’ve known about it for a while, but like most things involving my body and common sense, I chose optimism over caution.
How did I get here? There’s a short answer and a more entert...
Travel After The Fact
It is easy, after the fact, to tell a story about a place as if it were stable and self-contained. But most of what I remember begins where my own decisions shaped the experience in ways I only recognise later. More than that, my affinity f...
Mango Sticky Rice – Love at First Bite
The cold weather in the Cape has me thinking about how quickly summer slips away. When I lived in Thailand, I used to dream about yellow peaches, a summer fruit here in South Africa. Now, I find myself thinking about something else entirely...
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Marita Bester is a cultural/ travel writer and columnist. After spending a decade based in Bangkok she returned to SA in August 2025. She is currently based near Cape Town and devides her time between South Africa and Sout East Asia.
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