• North to Nosy Be
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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 […]

  • Country File : Madagascar
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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 […]

  • Why Madagascar?
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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 […]

  • I’m going to Mauritius?
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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 […]

  • Born under a water sign… really?
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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 […]

  • Losing weight is easy (not)
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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 […]

  • 4 am Friendship
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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 […]

  • I’m a dendrophile
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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 […]

  • Guilty Pleasures
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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 […]

  • Öğreneceğim.              I will learn
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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, […]