Saturday, 04 September 2010

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As the rand takes a nosedive, will you be travelling less?
 

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Travel

My portfolio of travel articles currently includes work for the Sunday Times, The Weekender, Time Out, Out There Travel Guide, Travel Industry Review, Sawubona Magazine, Saturday Star Travel, and travelideas. I'm also a regular correspondent for 'Time to Travel' broadcast on national radio station SAfm.

Here is a selection of my latest work…
 
Urban EscapesSo long, Lourenço Marques…

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Did he, or didn’t he? I’m afraid I still don’t know the answer. Read almost any guidebook on Maputo and you’ll be sure to hear about Monsieur Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Yes, he of Parisian tower fame. Brochures and tour guides love to crow about how Eiffel dreamed up the elegant baroque dome...
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Beyond AfricaUnder Udaipur's spell

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Lake Pichola is waiting for the monsoons. Each day in the dry tail end of spring the water level drops further down the stone ghats where local washerwomen still pummel their soapy saris against the steps, much as they have done for centuries. Not yet ruffled by the monsoon showers, the Lake is...
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Africa & IslandsRoom Rate: Three Tree Hill

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The personal touch. That’s the secret. You can have all the star-rated, direct dial, 300-thread count, Moulton Brown, organic menu bells and whistles you like, but without the deft touch of an owner that cares – I mean, really, cares – about looking after their guests… well, then all is...
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Urban EscapesFirst-timer's Cape Town

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The Mother City. Slaapstad. iKapa. The Fairest Cape. Whatever you choose to call Cape Town there’s no doubting its magnetic appeal. European-style cafes abound, beaches surround the city on three sides, wineries beckon in the distance and the country’s finest restaurants are to be found in its...
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Africa & IslandsJoie de vivre in July

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You know; I try. I really try not to like Franschhoek. The Main Road with its crowded cafés full of Joburg weekenders and Cape Town trendies, its over-priced properties flaunting themselves in estate agents’ windows, noisy hordes of Sunday bikers and the red-white-and-blue tricolore fluttering...
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Beyond AfricaTiger, tiger...

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A flash of iridescent blue disappears into the undergrowth, the wild peacock’s luxuriant coat of green providing perfect camouflage even in the dry days of winter. An indignant squawk lets us know that the disturbed fowl with his harem of hens still considers himself in charge here in Bandhavgarh...
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