In the name of seeing behind walls, of drawing closer to and finding each other, and of feeling more, as Walter Mitty creator, James Thurber described the purpose of life, we travel… But rather than merely passing through, we linger longer, and let ourselves melt into […]
Category: Islands & Oceans
In An Octopus’ Garden With You
I have spent my life living beside the sea. With its coastal winds calling me out of the house, on whichever side of the city of Cape Town I have been at the time. Sometimes it’s the Atlantic calling, sometimes the Indian. I blame the ocean […]
The Sacred Heart of Madagascar
In moments like this, I can never tell whether my heart is beating faster, wilder, its doof doof doof building dizzily, or whether it has stopped. What I do know is that it is not rested in the in-between. And it is not on terra-firma, […]
Magic Jonhson | 10 Questions with Anjajavy le Lodge Guide
There are times in life when you get to see magic at work, in an experience or an object so magical that a little part of you believes, for a moment, that, yes, this is the stuff of magic. What really makes those moments special […]
At One with the Wild Things of Madagascar
Travelling to wild and remote spaces in Africa, my courage is put to the test constantly. And each time I make the leap, I am rewarded. By an excitement that makes the skin on my arms blush – from a gaze shared with an […]