Travel
Sun, surf and sand in Zanzibar
There is something disconcerting about watching a group of well-fed Italian ladies trundle down a white-sand beach in string bikinis while, in the same viewfinder, conservatively dressed Muslim women wade in the sea harvesting clams at low tide. But incongruity is the heart of life in this archipelago off Tanzania’s east coast.
Zanzibar. The name evokes the exotic: melding fragrances of flower petals and tropical spice. East meets West; a confluence of Arabic, Indian and African influences. READ
Former city councilor caught in holiday hell, again
She was once stranded by a volcano in England. This time, Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer ended a bucolic Maui holiday in luxury hell after being waylaid by a plane’s mechanical problems. READ
High times in Jamaica
Take a walk down Negril’s famous Seven Mile Beach and you will be offered a wide selection of goods from a variety of beach vendors, but some of the items on offer might surprise you. READ
Going ape in Rwanda
We’d spent three days with Amon before he talked about the 1994 genocide. READ
Searching for a better world
This article is the first in a three-part series on Africa. The second instalment, The Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, will appear on Saturday, Jan. 21. The third will appear on Saturday, Feb. 4. READ
