In between injections of gin and quinine we went to test the health of gill-bearing aquatic vertebrae off Linene Island, on the southern tip of the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. On the surface there were plenty of healthy signs; breaching whales, popping heads of loggerhead turtles and pods of spinning dolphins. Below the surface too [...]
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Piscatorial Research off Linene Island, Mozambique
Posted in Safari and Wildlife, Travel, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged fishing mozambique, Linene on February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Baltic Oddballs
Posted in Experiences, Travel, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, You must be odd, tagged Hospitalis, Jumbo Motel, Karosta Prison, Latvia, Museum of Antlers on September 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A voyage is not complete without a degree of bizarreness. I knew this passage would be a little out of the ordinary and had put some effort into research. A former military prison where you can stay – they treat you as a prisoner; a restaurant resembling a hospital where you eat with surgical instruments, [...]
Where the Bison Roam…and other beasts
Posted in Experiences, Safari and Wildlife, Travel, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged Bialowieza National Park, High Tatras, Poland, Slovakia, Wildlife on September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Apart from startling a buck in Mavrovo National Park, in Macedonia, and encountering at least half a dozen vipers on paths and roads, we fell short on encountering some big game. The signs were there but guides were slim on the ground. Enter general oracle Laco Molnar, primarily wildlife vet but also part-time hunter, on [...]
The Accursed Mountains of Theth, Albania
Posted in Experiences, Friends adventurous expeditions, Travel, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged Albania, Harushas, Kanun, Theth on June 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For seven months Theth is isolated, cut off by the winter snows. The rocky track to get there is arduous, with slippery hairpin bends, even when the snows have melted in May. As we climbed the narrow pass and entered the clouds, the weather closed in, and the temperature slumped. Tea was taken on top, [...]
Gravediggers; Sweaty Twins; the Harushas of Theth; a bizarre serenading boatman and multiple shots at dawn – some of the characters so far….
Posted in Experiences, Friends adventurous expeditions, Travel, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, You must be odd, tagged Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro on June 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The first foray into the unknown has taken in Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo. Not your a-list destinations, but the so called underbelly of the Balkans. These are some of the characters that opened our eyes to the local hospitality, filled with generosity, usually flushed down with some home made rakija, no matter what time [...]
Canoeing and walking through Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe
Posted in Experiences, Friends adventurous expeditions, Safari and Wildlife, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged Canoeing Mana Pools on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It would be hard to find a better place to drift down a wild river dodging pods of hippo and skirting submerged elephants crossing channels. Or walking freely through the bush stumbling across a pride of lion, and a leopard in the fork of a tangled wild fig tree. Mana Pools is unique and offers [...]
Kleinefontein, a home undisturbed by the passage of time
Posted in Experiences, Inspiration, Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged Explorers Club Franschhoek brings you Kleinefontein on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of those rare places that remains untouched by the endless pursuit of progress in the world. Catherine Raphaely has restored this house with the care and attention that an antique deserves. I have paddled past and admired its flanks from the water and it sits in an enviable position, on the last [...]
Jacob’s Creek Retreat, Barossa Valley, Australia
Posted in Unique Places to Stay around the globe, tagged Jacobs Creek Retreat on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A small collection of old rustic Australian bluestone buildings, tucked down a dirt track, by the side of a creek in a dell surrounded by old redgum trees. A quintessentially and romantic Aussie setting with some accommodation set in the old settlement. The owner, Wyndham, is at work in the kitchen putting out some exceedingly [...]
