Kanana and Shinde Camps Botswana
Botswana’s tourism model is simple. High value, low volume. In other words, if we charge enough, we restrict the number of people who can visit. The more the prices go […]
Tag Archives: food
Ardardan Estate, Argyll
As you head west from Glasgow along the A82 towards Loch Lomond you pass from Dumbartonshire into the highly sought-after “Argyll” postcode. Well, that’s a double-edged sword. Once you get […]
Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire
Speaking of walks, as we were on the last post, we seem to do most of our walking in the winter [or the autumn…or the spring] but rarely in the […]
Coast, Saundersfoot, Wales
Yorkshire on expedition. We head off to deepest Wales, never before featured, and discover Pembrokeshire, an area of wonderful beaches and wild cliffs. In many ways, we whisper, not unlike […]
Zaap, Leeds
Fresh from the success of the opera in Verona we reprised the experience at the Grand in Leeds. It’s a bit of an odd venue. Certainly not highbrow, it features […]
Black Swan, Oldstead, North Yorkshire
We’re watching the 2016 Great British Menu on BBC2. No, it’s not in the same league as Bake Off, but it does showcase some great cooking from around the British […]
Mushara Outpost, Namibia
We leave Ongava for our shortest drive – just under 200 km – right across the Etosha game reserve. There are a couple of small administrative settlements along the way […]
Ongava Tented Camp, Namibia
We leave the dry, lunar desert conditions and head northwards for some more traditional game viewing. Namibia is a country of huge contrasts and so far we’ve seen some of […]
The Jetty 1905, Swakopmund, Namibia
Travellers to Namibia seem to follow a well established route, going either clockwise (as we did) or anti-clockwise with a few interesting diversions en route. Although Namibia seems to have […]
Damaraland Camp, Namibia
Continuing northward we head along another 400km of roads from Swakopmund. The first section, which loosely follows the coast, is on a salt road. Now, in England we use salt […]
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