Sunday, 29 January 2012

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So, who is on another plane?

Well, that would be me; Richard Holmes, a travel and lifestyle journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. I say based because my assignments take me far and wide on a regular basis, from cruising the Danube to downing dim sum in the backstreets of Hong Kong. On another plane? Well, it could also have been onanotherboat, bus or horse 'n cart, but given the amount of airline food I subject myself to this seemed like the ideal address for my online portfolio of writing and photography.

At the moment my time (when not on planes!) is split between editing the travel section of iafrica.com and writing for a range of consumer and trade publications in South Africa and abroad. iafrica.com is one of the largest internet portals in South Africa and, dating back to 1997, one of the most respected brands on the South African online landscape. Offline, I contribute regularly for publications such as the Sunday Times Travel & Food, Saturday Star Travel, Shape magazine, Longevity, Horizons, Mango Juice, Food&Home Entertaining, EatIn, Explore SA, Sawubona, Indwe, Mango Juice, Signature, AA Traveller, Garden & Home, Time Out, Out There Travel, Diversions, travelideas and Travel Industry Review. I am also a reviewer for EatOut, South Africa's premier restaurant guide, and a regular correspondent for 'Time to Travel' which is broadcast weekly on national radio station SAfm.

On the site you'll find a selection of articles, galleries, travel news and general musings on destinations across South Africa and the globe. You can see a selection of my work in the Travel or Food & Wine sections, but if you just want to want to find out what planes I've been on recently (and what I discovered on the other end) simply click through to the 'blog' to catch up on all my latest destinations, discoveries and diatribes.

Got questions? Want to get in touch? Got a secret destination you think I should check out? Click here for all my contact details.

Richard Holmes travel writer

 

Latest work

Restaurant reviewsThe Producers

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Four South Africans food producers are doing things the natural, old-fashioned way, from cheese making to meat curing to flour milling... Nico Steyn; Eureka Mills Stone Ground FlourGreat things often come from small beginnings,...
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Urban EscapesThe circle of saints

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The Constantia vines are heavy with the foliage of late summer, and a herd of snow-white Charolais cows chew the cud languorously in a nearby pasture. A mountain stream gurgles past on its hurried path to the sea. In the distance, False Bay winks...
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Beyond AfricaUp at the sharp end

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Flying around the storm clouds of recession, natural disasters and oil price hikes, airlines have had a turbulent time over the past few years; with the insidious post-recession slump in lucrative corporate travel hitting the airline industry...
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AdventureA whale of a tale

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Paaaaaarp! Parp! Paaaaaarp!The warbling sound bellows out of a curling kelp horn and wafts along the cliffs that hug the edge of the Indian Ocean. There’s a crowd of tourists gathered around the source of the noise, but I can see from the...
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Restaurant reviewsOn course: Wasabi

It wasn’t long ago that sushi was something you’d only heard about. Well-travelled friends would return from Asia with tales of fish served raw – “Raw? Are you sure?” we’d ask  – over a delicate mound of vinegar-tinged rice. Photos...
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Urban EscapesHow stone saved a thirsty city

It’s a sunny day in Cape Town; the middle of autumn and the summer southeasters are happily at bay. The pipers of the Black Watch Scottish Regiment are bleating along a heavy stone walkway to where the assembled dignitaries stand around...
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