When I received an email from a colleague asking if I would be interested in visiting a game lodge on a work trip to Johannesburg, I did not even have to hesitate in replying a million times yes. Despite visiting South Africa so many times over the years, I had never seen any of the “Big Five” and it was something I had wanted to do for a long time. (more…)

During the day the Jemaa El Fna – the main square in Marrakech – is full of orange juice sellers, dancers, acrobats, snake charmers (if you want to avoid them like the plague as I did, it’s easy as you will hear the pipes that the men play before you see anything) and sad looking monkeys on chains used for photo opportunities. However just before sunset the square magically starts to transform before your very eyes as it fills with food stalls ready for another busy evening. (more…)