About

Hello! My name is Mignon and I'm a journalist currently living in Mpumalanga.

This is a blog about writing, travelling and writing about travelling. The title comes from a project I did during my fourth year of studying Journalism. The brief was to write a piece of long form journalism (5 000 words), any topic of choice, and I chose to write about my journey retracing the steps of Voortrekker leader Pieter Retief from Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape to Mgungondlovu in Kwa-Zulu Natal. You can read my final piece under the 175 Years Later tab. During my trip I decided to write a blog, so that's what inspired the 'trek' part of the title. The latter part is Afrikaans (my mother tongue) slang for mad or crazy.

So on this blog you'll find stories from a person who is trek befok: crazy about travelling.

Read, comment, spread the word. Then, get in your car and hit the road or jump on a plane and go explore this world. Life is way too short not to.

Peace and love,

M