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NATURAL BEAUTY: Lake Dal is unique for the communities  from fishermen to houseboat owners  who have made it their home.

Paradise found
May 7 2013 at 12:17

Kashmir is the stuff of legend.

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NATURAL BEAUTY: Lake Dal is unique for the communities  from fishermen to houseboat owners  who have made it their home.

The wheel of life turns in Varanasi
May 7 2013 at 12:16

There's nothing quite like a light shower of human ash before breakfast.

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SERENITY: Our cabin is in a clearing in the middle of a dense forest. A boardwalk leads to a steep bank and a shortcut down to the river. Photo: Matthew Covarr

How not to do the Keurbooms
April 9 2013 at 11:12

What? No bedding in the cabin?" we ask incredulously.

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LITTLE MATTERHORN: The Spitskoppe, in southern Damaraland, is one of the most spiritual places in Africa. This is the view from campsite number one. Photo: Zac Weaver

The endless plain
April 9 2013 at 11:06

Namibia can be a bewildering country for the first-timer - it is vast (two-thirds the size of South Africa), sparsely populated (two people a square kilometre, as opposed to nearly 40 in South Africa) and the landscape can... Read Story
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LOST VALLEY: Farmers lived in splendid isolation in Gamkaskloof from Trekker times until a road was built into the valley. Then they left, ending a way of life. About 100 people lived in Die Hel at it's most populous.

The road to Die Hel
March 5 2013 at 17:33

This is the road that Koos built. In 1960 the provincial government gave Koos van Zyl a bulldozer and eight labourers and instructed him to force a road from the Swartberg Pass into Die Hel, or Gamkaskloof, an isolated val... Read Story
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CASTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS: Kilimanjarohas been translated as Mountain of Greatness. But, as you'll discover, the greatness is not much so in the mountain as in its magic. Photo: A'Eysha Kassiem and Fidela van der Linde

'Pole Pole' - climbing Kilimanjaro
March 5 2013 at 12:50

"It's all in here," says Isack Minja , tapping the side of his head. "All you have to do is go very pole pole (Swahili for slowly, slowly)."

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TOP CLASS: The setting and accommodation are spectacular and have won the retreat recognition worldwide.

Footsteps of the San
March 5 2013 at 12:11

As we hit the summit of the Pakhuis Pass coming from Clanwilliam off the N7 from Cape Town, some of the anxiety I have about visiting a place I have exceedingly fond memories of, loosens a little.

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THEIR PLACE: Comfy apartment on Lake Maggiore. Drawcard: On the water

Your place for mine
February 5 2013 at 08:29

London, Paris, New York, Amsterdam, Mauritius and the Italian lakes. That's where we have been - and we have stayed for free.

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TIME OUT: On hikes in the Cape Point Nature Reserve, you can have exclusive wildlife sightings. This elephant seal was suckling her pup beside the Nolloth wreck. Photo: Ethene Zinn

Wild side of THE POINT
February 5 2013 at 08:35

Lee is leading our little procession along the narrow footpath.

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VINE LAND: The Holden Manz Wine Estate is well-known for its ros�, shiraz, merlot, port and its own Big G.

The drive...
January 23 2013 at 10:22

The Holden Manz Wine

Estate lies among the towering

Franschhoek mountains - and a

river runs through it.

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