It was one of the most iconic record album covers ever released, and Suze Rotolo was part of it: On a snowy day in 1963, she snuggled with Bob Dylan as the two walked down a Greenwich Village street. “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” went on to become one of his best-known records, but the long-haired [...]
15
May
Suze Rotolo Writes Novel About Her Relationship With Bob Dylan
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16
Apr
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Welcome, said Sir Francis Drake, “to the fairest cape on the whole circumference of the Earth.”
Well, yes, but Sir Francis was there in 1580, when Cape Town was just a supply outpost en route to the riches of India. Now skyscrapers stretch to the African sky, double-decker tour buses roll [...]
8
Apr
There are many destination
vacations, but in my opinion
few offer the richness of an experience
in South Africa. Years
ago, I visited several townships
and areas in and around Pretoria
and Johannesburg. I was
there as part of a missionary
group. But it wasn’t all work.
I had a chance to see the landscape
of the area while stopping
in Soweto to tour the Mandela
Museum. [...]
6
Apr
Laos, once known as the Land of a Million Elephants, faces warnings from conservationists that it could lose its herds within 50 years if it does not move quickly to protect them with tourism eyed as a possible savior.
Poaching and habitat loss from logging, agriculture and hydroelectric projects has caused a major decline in the [...]
6
Apr
Got 48 hours to explore Luang Prabang? Reuters Correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most from a short stay in this enchanting former mountain kingdom, which, despite its tiny size, boasts an impressive number of cultural, natural and culinary attractions to please any discerning traveler.
FRIDAY
7pm: Start your weekend at Dao Faa, a [...]
4
Apr
There are three houseboats cruising the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers: the Ichobezi Mukwae, Ichobezi Moli and Nguni Voyager. These are luxurious, fully catered boats all offering the holiday of a lifetime.
They mainly cruise the game-rich river areas of the Chobe National Park, but also navigate the Kasai Channel and Zambezi River when fishing is [...]
4
Apr
The avuncular park ranger smiled as he entered my name on a booking sheet. “You’re going to enjoy this trek,” he said. “Just be aware that it takes longer than you think. There are lots of little, little hills along the way…” I’d come to Taman Negara, a rainforest park in the “mainland” part of [...]
26
Mar
%26#8220;Yeti Footprints Found at Khumbu,%26#8221; declared the headline in bold type. An article explained that an expedition had come across a mammoth five-toed footprint buried in the ice near the base camp for Mount Everest. After a long period without a credible sighting, the elusive creature seemed to have suddenly reappeared.
In fact, [...]
26
Mar
From Cairo in the far north to Cape Point at its most southerly, Kilimanjaro at its summit and the Dead Sea at its foot, I have long wanted to traverse the African continent, the “Motherland”.
To substitute my inclination towards the English “two pints of lager and a packet of crisps” ethos for the exhilaration [...]
26
Mar
Since Malaysia doesn’t require a visa if you have a valid South African passport, all that was left for me to do was to chuck my entire wardrobe into two large bags,
and head for the airport.
In Johannesburg, I met the three other journalists who made up the South African media quotient. Three
males and a female [...]
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