SLOW & MELLOW IN PRINCE ALBERT

With Oded Schwartz

I first heard about African Relish a few years ago when a friend told me that her brother, together with a partner, was opening a cooking school in a little town in the Karoo, an exceptionally beautiful little Victorian town, a gem called Prince Albert, an ideal place to stay on the way between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

SEE! BREACH FOR THE SKY!

By Roy Watts
Photography by Chris Fallows

The great white sharks of False Bay have developed a unique form of breach predation which has them hurtling out of the sea with awesome savagery. With the world record for one of these beasts standing at well over 6 metres, and with weights ranging between 1 and 2 tons, the stage is set for a spectacle more dramatic than anything Hollywood could conjure up. 

FLYING OVER THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS

With Roy Watts

There can’t be many sights more thrilling than an eagle’s eye view of the Zambezi River crashing over the Devil’s Cataract.

BANGKOK’S LEISURE BIOSPHERE

With Roy Watts

Roy Watts introduces us to the leisure biosphere of energetic Bangkok, springboard to a city filled with historic, culinary and cultural fascination.

COLOMBIA: CARTAGENA! A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

By Jeremy Flax

London based Jeremy Flax and his wife, Chrissie, visited Colombia and then travelled on to Argentina in the first of a challenging and riveting two part series. 

THE LOST CITY OF COLOMBIA! A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

By Jeremy Flax

We arrived in Taganga without much planned, but we knew we might be there for a while. Taganga is a small fishing village closest to the North-Eastern city of Santa Marta, the first town ever settled in Colombia, about 5 hours on the bus along the Caribbean coast from Cartagena. It’s very much a traveler get together point in Colombia… for various reasons. 

SEE! TROISGROS AT IGUERANDE!

With Lynn Chaulieu

Lynn Chaulieu of the Aux Jardins des Thévenets lunches with Marie-Pierre and Michel Troisgros, a famous name in France and son of the celebrated father, Pierre Troisgros, one of the great chefs of France! La Colinne du Colombier’s restaurant ‘Le Grand Couvert’ is a duo of cuisine and design - inimitable inspired French style. 

UP…UP… AND AWAY
AMONGST THE CLOUDS IN SOSSUSVLEI

With Roy Watts

"This is how God intended us to fly," says Roy Watts, as he ballooned over the spectacular landscape of Sossusvlei, a day’s drive south west from Windhoek.

A few leaves from… LE RESTAURANT

With Lynn Chaulieu

Lynn Chaulieu of the fascinating ‘Aux Jardines des Thévenets’, Espinasse-Vozell in France explains, "We always try and find that rare pearl for lunch, good food and good wine without ruining our pockets. We discovered ‘Le Restaurant’ and settled down in the ‘bas quartier’ of Le Creusot!". 

TRAVEL TO…
 STANFORD AND VISIT MOSAIC FARM 

  “1892 Stanford Spookhuis” with Craig Andersson

Mosaic Farm on the Hermanus Lagoon with breathtaking views of the Overberg Mountains and bordering the whale watching paradise of Walker Bay Beach. Mosaic has recently renovated their restaurant, “1892 Stanford Spookhuis” and introduced their new resident chef Craig Andersson, an articulate and committed chef who is making waves in this charming welcoming area in the Cape, South Africa.