SOUTH AFRICA: FAIRTRADE TOURISM

GUARDIAN A Fairtrade holiday sounds as if it might be just a little too worthy and smug for its own good.  Two weeks of unbleached cotton and a diet of organic lentils followed by the inevitable, if constipated, self-righteous after-glow doesn’t, frankly, tick any of my boxes.  I actually like to enjoy my hols. Continue reading

SOUTH AFRICA: RUNNING WITH RHINOS

DAILY MAIL The walkie-talkie spluttered into life: “Darts in – top of the rump – a mother and subby, COME DOWN HERE NOW!” As we scrambled to obey our orders, I guessed that this meant that a mother and calf rhino had been spotted, and that we were giving chase. Continue reading