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Johannesburg Heart and Soul

Gazing across the sprawling green canopy of confronting, troubled Johannesburg from the Munro Drive lookout, the blaze of purple haze

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Spirit of Santa Marta, Colombia

Sun-toasted and sultry, it’s one of the Caribbean’s hidden gems. Santa Marta is not just the oldest city in Colombia,

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Romance and drama of Riga

En-route from Vilnius to Riga, an extraordinary inflexion point on my Insight Vacations’ guided journey of the Baltics was a

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Tootling through Tallinn

Peering out my Tallinn hotel window, the early morning curtain of swirling mist was lifting from the Old Town, as

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Classic seduction in Cartagena

Cultured, sensual, characterful and radiating a carnival of colours, Cartagena is the sort of place that lustily sweeps you up

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Caressed by the flavours of Cartagena

When in Cartagena, an indelible experience is to soak up the sweet treats under the colonial arches of Plaza de

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Stirring the Soul in Vilnius

If you envisaged Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to resemble a gritty outpost of Stalin’s long shadow, prepare to be

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Turku: Finland’s first capital

Hitting the tracks, a two hour train ride from Helsinki transported me to Turku, the nation’s cradle, Finland’s oldest city

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Cultural overload in Bogota

It was my first foray to Colombia and its bustling cradle, Bogota, the third-highest capital in the world. When I

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Japan’s Seto Inland Sea and it’s magnificent encounters
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Japan’s Seto Inland Sea and it’s magnificent encounters

Seto Inland Sea of Japan’s Hiroshima Prefecture is not a top item that you’d see on a Japanese Itinerary at

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Discovering paradise in the Seychelles
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Discovering paradise in the Seychelles

Whether the Garden of Eden was located here or not, there is no denying the fact that the Seychelles are

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Galapagos wildlife encounters
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Galapagos wildlife encounters

Nicholas Gill sails across Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands in search of some unique wildlife. I was in Puerto Rico not long

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