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Roaming in Rodrigues. Discover Mauritius’ delightful little sister.

22/05/2017 by .
Rupert Parker visits Rodrigues, Mauritius’s little sister and finds the best way to get around is on foot.

Rupert Parker visits Rodrigues, Mauritius’s little sister and finds the best way to get around is on foot.

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Famous Film locations in Tunisia 

17/02/2017 by .
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Rogue One was the movie event of 2016 for Star Wars fans, but you can still visit the locations for the earlier films in the South of Tunisia.

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Best things to do in The Seychelles

01/04/2015 by .

Riad Star Marrakech

25/10/2014This entry was posted in Africa, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Marrakech, Morocco, Newsletter and tagged , , on by .
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There was a moment during my stay at Riad Star Marrakech when I thought I had literally died and gone to heaven. It had been a day of tough haggling deep in the souk; even the shopkeepers were emotionally spent such was the drama that had unfolded.

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Tunisia. Reinventing Itself once again.

08/05/2014 by .
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I’m standing by a small garden wall in Tunisia looking at some flowers; a typical everyday scene you might think. And normally you would be right. But in this scene, this particular garden wall is over 5,000 years old and those particular flowers are part of an equally historic mosaic floor of a house in the ancient city of Utique, once one of the most famous Phoenician cities in Africa.

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Ethiopian Airlines. Right at the heart of African aviation

28/03/2014 by .
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Tewolde Gebremariam is looking rather pleased with himself. Not surprising really considering his airline, Ethiopian Airlines, continues its impressive expansion as Africa’s number one carrier running the only daily east-west flight across the continent and a Star Alliance Member since December 2011.

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The Seychelles True Garden of Eden?

30/01/2014 by .