Travel

There are an awful lot of places in the world to explore, and I am sure that these Portuguese islands dropped apparently randomly into the Atlantic Ocean are not high on many travellers’ bucket lists. But they should be; São

The Mucumbli Lodge, in Sao Tome is simply wonderful. Comfortable, friendly, well situated and totally relaxing. I loved it.

“The setting sun extinguished itself in the sparkling ocean …..”

One can read this sort of drivel in endless pieces about …

Few have heard of Sao Tome, fewer still have thought about the country and very few have visited. Which is a pity because tourists or travellers visiting São Tomé e Príncipe

Let me set the scene. The country lives …

I should first admit that airlines are a passion of mine, and their operations in remote and tricky locations of particular interest.

I should also point out, in the interest of fairness, that my own international flight (Fortaleza to Praia) …

“The best laid plans”, it has been said, are not immune to change, and nowhere is the more true than in Cabo Verde – so Plan B was to visit Santiago and Tarrafal

Tourists and travellers to this island nation …

In the argot of today, and the overuse of superlatives, it is difficult to describe
an island as remarkable as this; Santo Antão, the most northwesterly island
in the Cabo Verde archipelago, is quite simply stunning.

It is beautiful, …

Cabo Verde is a very odd place, which is possibly the best
reason to travel to these islands. First to Sao Vicente.

It is an country that is comprised of ten islands, each of which purports to offer visitors a …

French Guyana is not known for much except its Penal Colony and Papillon

French Guyana

French Guyana is not known for much. Its history is shady, its current politics virtually unknown, but the country does have an icon for tourists, …