Category: Vacation Romance
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Tides of The Heart
Chapter 1: The Rhythm of the Island A hush lay over the small island off the coast of Bali, like a gentle arm draped around its shoulders. Rolling hills gave way to rocky cliffs along parts of the shoreline, but in many areas, golden beaches melted seamlessly into the turquoise sea. Few maps bothered to […]
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Beneath the Savannah Skies, Part 4 – Decisions & The Future
A Surge of Tourists and Tensions The final weeks of peak tourist season arrived with a restless energy that rippled across Tshukudu Plains Lodge. The skies above the savannah were a deep, cloudless blue, and the heat of late September hung thick over the golden grasslands. Each morning, Thabo Ndlovu rose before dawn to assemble […]
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Beneath The Savannah Skies Part 3 – Challenges & Revelations
Arrival Under Shifting Skies The late-autumn sun gilded the savannah grass in soft gold, slanting through the acacia trees like a benediction. As Dan stepped off the transfer jeep at Tshukudu Plains Lodge, he couldn’t help noticing how much had changed since his last visit—yet how much felt the same. The main building retained its […]
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Beneath The Savannah Skies Part 2 – The Return
A year had passed since Daniel van Rensburg’s first visit to Tshukudu Plains Lodge. In that time, the world had continued its steady churn: seasons changed, politics ebbed and flowed, and social media fads rose and fell. Yet for Dan, everything kept circling back to that stretch of South African savannah where he had felt […]
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Beneath The Savannah Skies Part 1 – The Arrival
Touching Down in a Land Half-ForgottenDan van Rensburg had felt the stirrings of excitement from the moment his plane touched South African soil. Although he was born here, he’d been only two when his parents whisked him away to New Zealand. Now, at twenty-eight, he was back for the first time, armed with a vague […]
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Beyond The Estate: A Summer of Love in Italy
Freddy Wilshire pressed his forehead to the airplane window as the coastline of Italy appeared, a shimmering ribbon of turquoise against the horizon. He had spent the last month buried in books and final exams, surviving on cold coffee and power naps. Now, the promise of an entire summer in sun-drenched Italy made his pulse […]
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Tides of Connection
Jake could still feel the slight pressure change in his ears from the airplane ride when he stepped into the open, airy lobby of the resort in Khao Lak. The first thing he noticed was the humidity—a blanket of warm, tropical air that felt both new and strangely comforting against his skin. His clothes clung […]