Tuesday, 07 February 2012

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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 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 its clear blue eye back at some of the most...
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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 hardest. Page 2: Air France brings premium...
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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 sandwich-board strung about Pasika Noboba’s shoulders...
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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 congratulating themselves. The clank and hiss of a...
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Africa & IslandsThe island of war

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Standing on the ramparts of what’s left of Fort Jesus, it seems that Mombasa is a city confused. Kenya’s second largest metropolis is home to close on a million people, but the winding streets of the Old Town that lie below me could be from some far-flung village. Minarets, Hindu temples and...
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AdventureThe end of the world

Watching ice melt has never been high on my list of leisure activities. It just seems like there are better things one could be doing with one’s time… particularly when you’re slap-bang in the southern heart of South America. But as they say, when in Rome; which is how my wife and I ended up...
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