I live a life of variety, I'm pleased to say. Just when things are getting a bit boring, fabulous trips like the African one pop up i...

I don't know if this is going to last, but travelling around rural South Africa and going into schools and communities has given me ...

They have some classy stuff in the shops at Joburg airport: lovely jewellery, clothes, carvings and household items (also plastic vuvuzela...

I've never sat on the loo before, stroking a cat balanced on the rim of the basin, while watching monkeys leap along the wall outside....

There are a lot of gaps to fill in once I'm home, thanks to dodgy Internet connections in the bush, tch, appalling. It's our last ...

It's not a word I use often, but it's perfect for today's finale. First there was walking to within 30 metres of a black rhi...

Yes, really. A cute little year-old white rhino baby, orphaned by poachers and being raised with two others in Umfolosi Reserve for eventu...