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Two weeks in Montenegro

Sarah Duff — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:21:17 +0000

After a year of studying in London (with not much adventurous travel) I was in need of a break. I wanted to go somewhere in Europe which would offer a bit of autumn sunshine, a bit of ocean swimming, mountains, some good food, no Internet connection and a lot of hiking. Without knowing that much […]

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Green season in Hwange

Sarah Duff — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:37:40 +0000

Travelling to the bush at the tail end of rainy season means you really have to get into birds if you aren’t already. In the dry season in Hwange National Park, many thousands of elephants in huge herds – just part of a population of 75 000 – can be seen, along with herds of […]

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On looking out of the plane window

Sarah Duff — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:55:35 +0000

In the space of just over a hundred years, we’ve gone from the world’s first commercial flight (with just one paying passenger on a 40-kilometre route in Florida which took 23 minutes) to the dawn of space tourism. On average, eight million people fly somewhere every day. Today, the longest non-stop flight in the world […]

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A Botswana safari in photos

Sarah Duff — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:50:00 +0000

A trip through national parks and wilderness areas of northern Botswana in rainy season: gliding through a channel of the Okavango Delta in a mokoro; flying above the Delta in a small helicopter above rivers and islets, water lily-studded lagoons and marshes full of birds; falling asleep in a canvas tent while lions roared outside; […]

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On safari in Botswana

Sarah Duff — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:18:43 +0000

Everything seemed to be in slow motion as we glided through the channel in a fibreglass mokoro like a knife through runny honey. The water lily-dotted water was as silvery, calm and flat as a mirror, reflecting a big sky full of rain clouds. Serenity reigned, and the stillness was punctuated by the cooing of doves […]

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Now and Zen: travels in Japan

Sarah Duff — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:50:34 +0000

Behind an inconspicuous wooden door marked only with a tiny sign on a side street of Tokyo’s Azabu-Juban district lies Gen Yamamoto bar. With just eight seats around a counter of Japanese oak, no music, no food and bare walls, this tiny bar is an spartan temple to cocktails. Here, the white jacketed Gen Yamamoto, […]

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