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@lmar Oct 4, 2017, 7:53 AM UTC

Cape Town is a city made for walking

Cape Town’s scenic beauty is legendary. It is regularly featured among the most beautiful cities in the world, with pictures showing it nestling at the foot of majestic Table Mountain. The southeaste…

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@lmar Sep 27, 2017, 7:56 AM UTC

This quirky thing they call *the vote*

I have rarely found myself thinking more deeply about the concept of democratic election and what exactly it is that a vote means. In my own country, South Africa, the trade unions, with support from…

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@lmar Sep 26, 2017, 4:00 PM UTC

Dancing wildly in the Mafia's old forecourt

There we were, joining young people in a wild dance in the forecourt of the old Mafia villa near Naples. It was weird to know that right there in that same place some people might have had less happy…

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@lmar Sep 14, 2017, 7:46 PM UTC

Snapshots of South Africa’s Natural Beauty

South Africa counts among the world’s most biodiverse countries, after Brazil and Indonesia. Its scenic beauty must surely put it right up there with the best as well. These are just a few randomly s…

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@lmar Sep 4, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

Straddling the Mountain Dragon

The road curving up the Drakensberg is scenic but treacherous. It is why adventure travellers call it The Mother of South African Passes. The 19 kilometre stretch of road is named Sani Pass and takes…

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@lmar Sep 2, 2017, 6:05 AM UTC

Garden town rises like a Phoenix from the ashes

Knysna is one of the prettiest towns on South Africa’s Garden Route, which runs along part of the country’s South Coast. But it was a sad picture that met me when I arrived there a while back. I have…

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@lmar Jan 24, 2017, 2:45 PM UTC

Riding the Tail of the Dragon

There I was riding the Tail of the Dragon and I had no idea I was doing so. The section of forest road high up the Appalachians where I entered the 2 400-kilometre-long mountain range in North Caroli…

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@lmar Jan 18, 2017, 1:54 PM UTC

There is beauty and sadness in the haunting eyes of a Cheetah

Look into a cheetah’s eyes and somehow the sensation sticks. There is a haunting beauty there, as there is something old and sad. It is an experience not easily forgotten. This is the world’s fastest…

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@lmar Jan 13, 2017, 3:52 PM UTC

The grand old abbey that stands lonesome watch over the plains of Italy’s Piedmont

Staffarda Abbey stands there all by its lonesome self on the plain of Italy’s Piedmont. It is almost as if the grand old building, now nearly eight centuries old, got left behind by time as it contin…

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@lmar Jan 5, 2017, 8:59 AM UTC

Yellowstone hisses and puffs like an Earthern beast and blows your mind away

Dusk was falling when we entered Yellowstone National Park. The crescent moon hanging just above the outline of the western mountains added to our expectation. It is very much for reason of Earth’s h…

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