Accommodation/Lodges

June 22, 2015

AVANI Pemba Beach Hotel & Spa, Mozambique

Mercy me! The lovely Mercy at Avani Pemba Beach Hotel & Spa gave me the best back massage I’ve ever had – nice and firm, working those knots and leaving […]
June 4, 2015

Italian fix at the Michelangelo in Johannesburg

  Florence was calling me – a wedding in the Tuscan countryside and a beeline to see Michelangelo’s David who is threatening to topple off his plinth because of weak […]
June 3, 2015

Finding Renaissance; DaVinci Hotel, Johannesburg

Forces beyond my understanding have been leading me towards a Renaissance in which Da Vinci keeps making an appearance. Firstly I visited the internationally roving Da Vinci exhibition at the […]
February 5, 2015

Going Wild in Zambia

One of the wildest safaris of southern Africa is in Zambia’s South Luangwa and my friend David Rogers, who leads photographic safaris there on a regular basis reckons, “South Luangwa […]
December 12, 2014

De Hoop revisited at end of whale season

November: Land-based whale watching has pretty much ended at De Hoop but it’s a lovely time to go and hike, bike, beachwalk and simply chill!…..