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The quaint, quiet and delicious charm of Malta
Malta is like pastizzi, the country’s pastry of choice: steeped in tradition and cultural history, it boasts a…
Category: Destinations
Africa
Two Meanderthals, a 4×4 and a caffeinated baboon.
The 4×4 was up to its hubcaps in mud, hopelessly stuck. Three native boys in loin cloths huddled…
Africa
Simon says: Dinner’s served in remotest Namibia
It is 7:30 on a Sunday night at the Kapika Lodge on the northern Namibia-Angola border. Half a…
Africa
Return to South Africa
South Africa holidays have many things to do and see, my South Africa is more than stunning sunsets,…
Africa
Close encounters – South African style
“Why are all these people looking at that rock?” I quipped as we came upon a small group…
Asia
In Istanbul, a life on hold as terrorism grips city
(The world is once again reeling from a series of terrorist attacks targeting major cities. Three suicide bombers…