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North to Nosy Be
I am now on my way to Nosy Be by turbo prop plane courtesy of Tsaradia. A service scheduled to leave at 16.00 today, then […]
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Country File : Madagascar
Madagascar is an island country situated 250 miles off the South East Coast of Africa. Named as the 4th largest island in the World, after […]
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Why Madagascar?
I don’t remember when Madagascar first came on to my radar as a place I needed to visit. Maybe it was a seed planted by […]
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I’m going to Mauritius?
I now realise that the most stressful part of any trip is the preparation and packing before you leave. The trip itself is the easy […]
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Born under a water sign… really?
I was born in the month of July which, in theory, makes me a zodiacal water baby. So, why is it that this particular crab […]
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Losing weight is easy (not)
I remember a long time ago. I was living in Istanbul at the time, asking my friend, the fabulous Robert, whether I looked any slimmer […]
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4 am Friendship
Writers on the subject of friendship say that there are three types of friends: reason, season and 4am friends, and those friendships are critical to […]
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I’m a dendrophile
For as long as I can remember I have loved trees. So much so that, like many dendrophiles – lovers of trees – I find […]
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Guilty Pleasures
Why is it that all pleasurable pursuits turn out to be bad for you? Or is this only my experience? I do something once, it […]
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Öğreneceğim. I will learn
Language – although so difficult for me – is a fascinating subject. Like so many things it organically evolves and develops from seemingly nowhere. Amazingly, […]