Time for another tick off the travel bucket list; the wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Once again, we fly via Johannesburg, albeit, there are occasional direct flights from Nairobi to CPT, more of that later.We are taking an overnight flight, hardly a red eye as the time difference is only +1hour. As flights from CPT to JNB are not as frequent in pandemic times, we take a mid afternoon flight, which means we've booked into our usual airport hotel de...

What with a global pandemic, and the South Africa variant, a politically correct Beta so as not to apportion blame, making us persona non grata north of the Sahara, what's a peripatetic hedonist to do? One of the things we aimed to do when emigrating to SA was to discover Africa. Unlike Europe or S.E. Asia, for example, there are not any no frills carriers which means that destinations are expensive to reach, via convoluted means. Mozambique is one such place...

We are no longer flying Celebrity Air, there are ten of us leaving Shinde to a number of destinations; while we headed for Chiefs, the Americans were on stage one of their flights home, to Maun, Jo’burg, Frankfurt and, finally Boston. Our Botswanan friends were headed home to Francistown, the second biggest city. The flight was ten minutes, it takes one hour twenty minutes by boat. Once again, checking in by the runway with temperature tests and hand sanitise...

We are taking a 35 minute light aircraft flight to Shinde, which sits on the edge of the Okavango Delta. It’s just the two of us, onboard, you can get to feel like a celebrity with this lifestyle! Our guide, the very jovial Simon, picks us up from the ‘plane and we check in on the side of the runway beneath a shady tree. The necessary Covid protocols are everyday requirements, temperature, sanitiser and masks! It’s warmer, more humid here. He bombards us ...

Botswana! We have often thought to go but never got around to it. As a neighbouring country we’ve learned that it’s safe, a democracy of two million people, free health and education systems and an excellent conservation programme as well as a well regulated tourism industry that benefits all. The idea was a three day trip to Shinde as it’s one of those destinations that you have to try. Angelka had googled a travel agent and a couple of chats later, she an...