Nothing excited the guides more than a sighting of the African painted dogs and when we saw the Kanga pack come into camp one night bringing the pups...Read More

You don't have to be rich to experience the wonders of Mana Pools National Park. There's a government run campsite where you can camp by the Zambezi ...Read More

Sometimes my heart sinks at the thought of the weekend stretching ahead with all three children at home, the house a mess and work piling up. But ...Read More

The plane lands at 3pm. The heat is searing, a breeze blowing across the runway like air blasting from an oven. The thermometer on the Cessna is peaking...Read More

It's 8am on Saturday morning and I've just arrived at the gym to try Sh'bam which is billed as a fun, sociable dance class. I love dancing and want to inject...Read More

The term 'gone native' is usually used in a negative way by travelers or expats to explain what they see as strange or embarrassing behaviour by another...Read More

Do you feel as if you don't fit in? I do and recently I learned a startling thought from various unrelated sources. Apparently everyone else feels the same way....Read More

A little birdy at the South African Tourism told me it's Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday on July 18th. That's special isn't it? But hearing that Mandela...Read More

Travel will test any friendship so travel and friends can be a terrible mix. Take my dear friend Tess who gamely agreed to spend a summer on a...Read More

When I got back from spending a year teaching at a rural school in Zimbabwe, Africa I was excited to get back to England and hit the supermarket. I'd been...Read More