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Tahiti of the East: A journey into Borneo
In room seventeen of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow there hangs a ravishing painting by Paul Gauguin. Painted in Tahiti in 1892, Matamoe has always been my imaginary visual reference to the oceanic tropics; saturated powdery colours, red and yellow soils, the sway of palms, the opaque greens of dense forests and the cappuccino skin tones of peoples living on equatorial islands. How strange that the continental tropics hardly have the same qualities of light, texture and colour; could it be the lack of wind? Perhaps, because tropical islands are the prisoners of the warm windy seas. Borneo is such an island.
Namibia: Seven Rivers Tour
As we drove further away from civilization and deeper into the Kaokoland the restlessness in ourselves were replaced by serenity and inner peace. We were far away from any work stress, school exams or new world wars and ready to recharge our batteries in this western corner of Namibia.
Faces of the Namib
Solitaire. Hoe vertaal mens dié pleknaam? Alleen? Afgesonder? Dis gepas die begin van ‘n Life the Journey-reis wat nou al kultusstatus in die kleine gekry het: Faces of the Namib.
Madagaskar
La Grande Île. Die groot eiland. Madagaskar. Eenduisend kilometer van kontraste – woestyn én reënwoud, rysland én koraalrif – uitgestrek in die Indiese Oseaan langs Afrika.
Captivating Morocco
Morocco. Just hearing the name evokes vibrant images of an ancient culture, romantic Moorish architecture, delicately spiced North African cuisine and wildly desolate landscapes. Morocco’s diverse natural splendour often surprises even the most seasoned traveller. Travelling through the hauntingly beautiful Sahara Desert dotted with Berbers towns and oases, the snow-capped Atlas Mountains and the endless plains fringed by the sandy coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean makes for an utterly wonderful bucket-list journey.