Uganda – Lonely Planet’s No. 1 Country to Visit in 2012
Lonely Plant have a fabulous book out called BEST in TRAVEL 2012; the best trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the upcoming year. Uganda takes pride of place as N0.1 in their list of Top 10 Countries. They say it’s, ‘The Cinderella of East Africa’ and ‘Just make sure you discover it before everyone else does.’...
Style Icons book – Top SA Designers and Their Interiors
If you’ve been to some of South Africa’s best safari lodges, you will find interiors designed by many of the top decorators featured in this inspiring book. I’ve been lucky enough to have visited and written...
Daphne Sheldrik the elephant lady of Kenya – new book
Daphne Sheldrick is one of those indomitable women who take it upon themselves to save a species. She was the first person to successfully hand-rear newborn elephants against all advice and has had a huge impact on conservation in Kenya and worldwide. She founded the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the...
Tortoises & Tumbleweeds cookbook by Lannice Synman
The moment I got my copy of Lannice’s new foodie book, ‘ Tortoises & Tumbleweeds – A Journey Through an African Kitchen’ I flicked through it for ideas of what to cook that night.
Safari Tart’s books
It’s not easy to become a safari tart. It takes a lot of dedication to the pleasure principle. In my case, I have spent considerable time and energy in taking as much pleasure as possible out of visiting about 180 safari lodges. I believe that anything is possible. You just have to be open to allowing...
Safari Clothes are in fashion
Luckily for me, it seems my clothes are in fashion for a change, and if the style gurus say safari outfits are in, then I’m not about to disagree? That long leggy thing in the photo is not me, it’s a pic from the UK Financial Times – known to be the forecaster of all fashion, not!...