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Hippos prey on the hip

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Mark Eggleton is mighty glad lions can’t use can openers

Sep 19 2011 | Posted in Africa/Middle East,Featured Slider,South Africa | Read More »

Tanzanite is forever

Durban's coastline from the air

It was a strangely exhilarating experience. Standing in-between a couple of hessian bags hanging from the ceiling I was subject to one of the first pat downs (outside of an airport) of my life. I was in Durban’s A5 Hawkers Wholesaler at the city’s Victoria Markets and had just bought some toothpaste. Now while I [...]

Jan 14 2011 | Posted in Africa/Middle East,Durban,Hotels,South Africa,Turning In | Read More »

Cape crusade

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Azure Restaurant in Capetown’s glorious The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa is an ideal sanctuary on the particularly wet evening I dine there in late April. It’s absolutely bucketing down outside and as the wind buffets the hotel as it whips in off the Atlantic Ocean, you can imagine it sinking further back into the [...]

Nov 16 2010 | Posted in Africa/Middle East,Cape Town,Featured Slider,South Africa | Read More »
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