Just across the South African border going into Namibia, there is the Fish River Canyon. Not to be confused with the Fish River in the Eastern Cape, over thousands of years this river has formed the second largest canyon in the world, after the Grand Canyon in the United States. If you are quite fit and want to do…

There are wine experts, and then there are people who like wine and just drink it to celebrate an occasion or for the enjoyment of sharing it with good friends. I am one of the latter – not claiming to know much about wine, I am learning as I go along and have the WSET Level 2 certification….

One of the things that struck me most about Bermuda was it’s cleanliness. Buildings are well-maintained and the roads might be narrow but there no pot-holes and they are all sign-posted. I covered most of the island on a scooter and can honestly say that I did not see more than a handful of houses which were run-down or…

New York. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. There are many names for this most famous of cities, and with good reason – many of them are true, although I do wonder about the Apple reference. There is a constant buzz in the Manhattan atmosphere whether you are walking around at midday or midnight. There are so many attractions…

We have all seen the movie where someone is stranded on a deserted island where there seems to be an abundance of fruit and creepy crawlies to eat. A British outpost and a prison to Napoleon Bonaparte (there is a memorial gravesite), St Helena is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It sits roughly halfway between South Africa and Brazil and I…

Zimbabwe is beautiful. There, I have said it, although I am sure it has been said before. I will admit that I may be biased, as this is the land of my birth and something I will always be proud of. Growing up as we did in Zim was a way of life I would wish…

The minute I set foot in Valletta, I felt as as though I had come home. I had the same feeling of familiarity as that when I went to New Zealand and I think it has the same reasons – that although now a member of the EU, Malta had long been a part of the British Empire,…

There was a feeling of familiarity about New Zealand and all I can put it down to is that they, like South Africa (and Zimbabwe), are part of the Commonwealth, a former British Colony, a spin-off of the once-great British Empire and all that that entails. New Zealand reminded me of a time when things were simple. A…

Going Down-Under… Because so many South Africans have re-located to Australia over the years, it was always on my list of places to visit so that I could see what the attraction was, for myself. Well, as it turns out, Oz is not a bad place to at all. They have magnificent beaches (Cable Beach, Bondi),…

Thailand – it did not get the name of “The Land of Smiles” for nothing. (I always thought Siam was a really cool name for a country, but that is probably just me). The Thai people are so friendly that they make it difficult to leave, and I guarantee that once you have experienced Thailand you will always want…