A trip wouldn’t be a trip without me banging on about the food and during a break from reporting on #ZambiaHealth, I got the chance…
“We are like a person on a dark night, hunting frantically for a lost key under a light. Not because that is where the key…
As anyone who reads this blog regularly will know, I believe every grown up gap year needs a few luxuries along the way – no…
I don’t know about you but there have been a few times in my life when I have been so angry with someone I have…
When you think of animals in South Africa I’m sure what instantly springs to mind is the Big Five. But in amongst all of the…
My guidebook began its description of Oudtshoorn with the sentence: “If you’re an ostrich, this is the place to come for work”. Now if that…
One of the things I’ve always loved most about travelling is meeting people and listening to their stories. I guess it’s the journalist in me…
I’m always fascinated when you can see someone’s personality reflected in a building they have created: from Gaudi’s obsession with detail in La Sagrada Familia…
I guess one of the first things which spring to mind when you think about Africa is the wildlife. It’s all about safari and seeing…
“In Soweto we are trendsetters. People watch us and they follow what we do,” our guide Tanbo told us before we headed out on a…