If the home of an Englishman is his castle, then New Zealanders must have far less grand aspirations. Having been born and raised in Bath – a city built for show, with houses to match – the pastel-coloured, one-storey wooden structures that made up every small town and village I drove through on a recent [...]
This is a blog from our Tumblr site, Bustling Markets, which takes a light-hearted look at classic travel-writing phrases: In an email conversation last week, the travel journalist Sarah Barrell told me that the Waterberg Mountains region of South Africa, up by the Botswanan border, was referred to as ‘God’s Own Country’ by its locals. [...]
Mark Carwardine, the wildlife presenter, amused the audience at last year’s Paul Morrison Guide of the Year Awards, run by Wanderlust magazine, at the Royal Geographical Society. He courageously sat on stage with interviewer Derek Moore (AITO’s Chairman/Founder Director of Explore) while a clip of a parrot trying to mate with his head appeared on the (very big) screen above him. The parrot had taken a fancy to Mr Carwardine while he was filming a BBC “Last Chance to See” series with Stephen Fry.