{"id":1038,"date":"2014-11-25T09:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2014-11-25T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T09:41:38","slug":"banting-while-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Banting while travelling."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The great news is that if you also follow a #Banting or #LCHF diet you can now travel with impunity knowing that your culinary needs will, with advance notice, happily be taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>That was certainly my experience on our recent Kwa-Zulu Natal visit, the highlight of which was our Pretoria to Durban Safari on board <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121059.html\">Rovos Rail<\/a>. Our cuisine and accommodation highlight was our stay at Fairmont\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121158.html\">Zimbali<\/a> Resort while our biggest disappointment, not of their making but of the weather\u2019s, was our visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121750.html\">Rocktail Bay<\/a> to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121315.html\">Rocktail Turtles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re staying in Durban our first choice is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121519.html\">Suncoast Towers<\/a> and in Pretoria we choose to stay at Protea\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/580\/120928.html\">Pretoria Manor Hotel<\/a> while sanctuaries at the airports must be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/529\/121249.html\">SLOW lounge<\/a>. Bon Voyage.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1038 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1040'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rocktail-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1040\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1040'>\n\t\t\t\tWalking along the Rocktail Bay \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1043'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Suncoast-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Suncoast-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Suncoast-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Suncoast.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1043'>\n\t\t\t\tJP at The Suncoast Towers Hotel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1042'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Slow-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Slow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Slow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Slow.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1042'>\n\t\t\t\tGrazing options at The SLOW lounge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1044'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Zimbali-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1044\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1044'>\n\t\t\t\tSuperb #lchf cuisine at Zimbali\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1039'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PretoriaManor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PretoriaManor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PretoriaManor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PretoriaManor.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1039'>\n\t\t\t\tThe most fabulous chicken liver salad at Pretoria Manor Hotel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?attachment_id=1041'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rovos-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1041\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1041'>\n\t\t\t\tAt Rovos Rail Station, Pretoria\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great news is that if you also follow a #Banting or #LCHF diet you can now travel with impunity knowing that your culinary needs will, with advance notice, happily be taken care of. That was certainly my experience on our recent Kwa-Zulu Natal visit,&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/?p=1038\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[16,21,71,192,186,184,190,191],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel_writing","category-what-i-eat","tag-banting","tag-brian-berkman","tag-lchf","tag-pretoria-manor-hotel","tag-rocktail-bay-beach-lodge","tag-rovos-rail","tag-suncoast-towers-hotel","tag-zimbali"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianberkman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}