Even the 5:30am call to prayer by the muezzin at the nearby mosque didn’t ruin the wonderful feeling of waking up in an exotic location a mere 2½ hour flight from the UK. Grabbing a coffee, I climbed to the rooftop and watched the sun rise over Tangier and the Strait of Gibraltar, where the inky Mediterranean Sea and the azure Atlantic Ocean meet.
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Vietnam: A Journey Through Contrasts
Look left. Look right. Look left again. One moment you’re surrounded by idyllic coastal scenery, the next you’re immersed in pulsating metropolitan buzz. That’s Vietnam - always in motion, ever vibrant, a visual and culinary feast.
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Beautiful Botswana
Whizzing over the Okavango Delta in a helicopter with the doors off is a truly memorable experience: Flying low over elephants drinking in clear lagoons and Sitalunga leaping over the reeds, the landscape a patchwork of emerald greens and vibrant blues.
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St Barth - A slice of the Cote d’Azur in the Caribbean
I certainly felt very lucky when I arrived on the island of St Barth. Firstly, my propeller plane had landed safely after a near vertical dive over mountainous terrain onto the infamous short runway, the wing tip almost touching the turquoise waters of St Jean Bay. And secondly, I was ticking off a place that had been on my bucket list for a very long time.
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