India House, Bains Kloof Pass, nr Cape Town
I love it when I find a real gem of a place when I least expect it. That is what happened at India House. I went to assess Bastiaanskloof for star grading and found that part of their accommodation was a divine villa called India House in the middle of a private nature reserve at...
Art Safari; Namibia & Botswana
If I had the merest hint of artistic talent I would go on the next Art Safari in Namibia in April 2011, closely followed by Botswana in May. Don’t you just love these two pictures of artworks done by students on an Art Safari tour? I would love to be able to do a simple squiggle...
Bumbusi Camp, Hwange, Zimbabwe
Hwange is Zimbabwe’s largest National Park. It is wonderfully wild with no shortage of elephant. I once had a very close encounter with a charging elephant at a waterhole in Hwange; a mock charge but what did I know, I was new to Africa and didn’t have a clue what to do. Luckily, I was...