Balanced on the edge of the Etendeka Plateau, the Grootberg Lodge in Damaraland, Namibia may have the most dramatic view of any lodge in the country.  Overlooking an immense canyon...

Game Drives By the 3rd morning, we woke in the dark and climbed out of our tent to catch a 5:30am game drive being offered at Halali, our 3rd stop...

“If I have ever seen magic, it has been in Africa.”- John Hemingway The Start of a Roadtrip Our 8-day journey through the NW quadrant of Namibia started in Windhoek. ...

I just got back from an 8-day DIY tour around Namibia with a friend of mine, complete with safaris and rhino tracking, desert exploring, hiking, fishing, and camping out under...

A Desert Land We flew over a stark, pancake-flat landscape that turned yellow and then light red.  Not a building or flicker of life was in sight below us.  A...

Everything about France: the architecture, the food, the landscape- is perfect.  Everything except the French, that is, a friend in London warned.  Another said, I’m embarrassed to say I’m French.  None...

Visiting the English Coast While trekking around England the past couple of weeks, I’ve stayed in two seaside towns looking after small dogs: a pair of dachshunds (a miniature smooth...