An African safari trip remains one of my most satisfying travel memories. A mix of thrilling game drives interspersed with chances to meet the local people brought all the clichés to vivid life, while revealing its share of new surprises.…
I felt it only appropriate, since the acquisition of the Shongololo Express by Rovos Rail, and after the huge amount they spent in refurbishing the train, that myself and Thandi personally made the trip to do a site inspection and…
“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson As globetrotters, we’re often focused on reaching our destination with too little appreciation…
(Originally published in our Globetrotting Magazine – Spring/Summer 2013) Hamilton Wende, freelance writer and television producer, recounts his experiences on Africa’s Shongololo Express train journey. A loud, drawn-out hoot from the locomotive echoed through the African dusk. The train came…
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