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17 Jan, 2021, 21:56
A surreal drive across Madagascar’s highlands John Gimlette
Jetlagged and confused, John Gimlette finds himself slipping in and out of reality on a – very slightly dangerous – drive across Madagascar’s highlands, now a deforested, landslipping plain.
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6 Nov, 2020, 13:00
Top South African holiday resorts Paul Woollacombe
It’s a long time since Sun City was the only option for South Africans who want a gambling holiday. These days South Africa has some pretty compelling casinos: Paul Woollacombe looks through the options.
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5 May, 2020, 16:34
A journey through Angola, with contrasts and surprises Lesley Pritt
Lesley Pritt takes a tribal safari through Angola, a country with little experience of tourists. Her interest in tribal traditions is met by a lofty indifference as to what makes her tick, as long as she makes the ‘traditional’ donation.
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30 Nov, 2019, 13:05
Taking a taxi-brousse across Madagascar Donal Conlon
There’s nothing routine about overland travel in Madagascar. Donal Conlon has to wade rivers and rent canoes to complete a one-day journey to Diego Suarez that takes him three.
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30 Oct, 2019, 12:53
Fishing for prawns off the Mozambique coast Donal Conlon
For most visitors to Maputo prawns are a treat that you find on your plate. Donal Colon joins the fishermen to experience the thrill of catching them in the wild.
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16 Oct, 2019, 12:51
Lost – and then found – on the way to Lalibela Donal Conlon
Donal Conlon loses his bus in a small truckstop on the way to Ethiopia’s buried churches. With no Amharic he has little alternative but to (try to) hitch.
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2 Mar, 2019, 14:50
Turning blue in Morocco’s Western Sahara Blaine Bonham
Blaine Bonham meets the ‘Blue Men’, the ancient Berber tribe that inhabits the Sahara Desert. He meets them amongst the dunes of Morocco’s Erg Chebbi region.
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1 Mar, 2019, 13:20
Morocco’s Red City’s hidden green heritage Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds oases of calm in Morocco’s most visited city. Along with the locals he takes refuge in the many public gardens that are part-hidden in Marrackesh.
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8 Jan, 2019, 16:44
A thoughtful stay in the not-so-Democratic Republic of Congo Ben Cooke
The DRC is a strikingly mis-named country, finds Ben Cooke. It’s undemocratic, for a start, and a republic only in name. He starts in Lubumbashi, heads into the hinterlands of small-town Kipushi and then braves the capital, Kinshasa. He finds the Congo’s reputation for being dangerous has been superseded by its capacity to relentlessly hassle any visitor – especially if carrying a camera – and he finds the unremitting focus on a lone white traveller forces his mind into solitary reflection.
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7 Nov, 2018, 15:28
Five convincing reasons to sponsor a Zambian child Karen Beattie
Karen Beattie introduces Project Luangwa, a ground-breaking charity working in one of Zambia’s most beautiful parks. This is a way to sponsor a child through school – and know there’s an actual child at the end of it. Click through and remember it’s Christmas.
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6 Oct, 2018, 12:36
Warning signs missed in a North African bar Colin Wallace
On a bar-crawl through Tangiers in the seventies, Colin Wallace misses some big warning signs that he’s out of his depth and being soft-soaped by drug smugglers.
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17 Oct, 2017, 09:24
In the bush in Zimbabwe: Safari so good David Markus
David Markus finds a visit to Africa defied the norm, exceeded expectations, and opened the door to a whole new world of travel and discovery.
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9 Oct, 2017, 14:41
When rangers come to the rescue of a hyena in distress Emily Haynes
When a ranger in the Southern Luangwa Valley spots a hyena that’s picked up a snare he sends for the Zambian Carnivore Programme, who dart to the rescue. Emily Hayes tells to the fairytale ending.
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14 Aug, 2017, 10:34
The coastal serenity of Atlantic Essaouira Eric Whitehead
Following his son’s advice, Eric Whitehead quits Marrakesh for the coastal town of Essaouira, a former Portuguese enclave on the Atlantic coast.
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8 Aug, 2017, 10:39
7 ways the Rwenzori Mountains trump Kilimanjaro Adele Cutler
Anyone wanting to trek East Africa’s great mountains should look beyond the obvious peaks. Adele Cutler says Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains have far more to offer.
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27 Mar, 2017, 14:45
A field guide to Africa’s little-climbed mountains Adele Cutler
Trails of visitors labour up Kilimanjaro, but look at Africa’s other mountains and you’ll almost always have them to yourself. Adele Cutler has some suggestions for high-altitude adventures.
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16 Mar, 2017, 21:58
A visit to Namibia in the era of Apartheid Martin Berthoud
Travelling as a diplomat makes visiting German West Africa, eagerly being divided by South Africa’s government, somewhat stressfull for Martin Berthoud.
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