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Last month I was lucky enough to catch up with two visionary women that I have long admired – world-renowned photographers Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith, at the launch of their spectacular new book, African Twilight: Vanishing Cultures and Ceremonies of the African Continent at THK Gallery in Cape Town.

Yesterday I was clever – so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise – so I am changing myself.’
-Rumi

‘We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.’
– George Orwell

Like a shell holds the sound of the sea inside it, the Seychelles is proxy for paradise preserved. For this place of virgin beaches (with blonde boulders that seem nonchalantly tossed into place), tropical rainforests and azure waters, is so otherworldly – it’s no wonder that early explorers thought they’d stumbled upon the original Eden.

Happy holidays! We know it’s the time of year when you want to pick the perfect gift for your loved ones and colleagues, and a time when you can “do good” while sharing the happiness in this beautiful season.

First-time visitors to the reserve would be forgiven for thinking they’ve been delivered into a wildlife-rich reserve dating back eons. For not only are the sheer number of animals unparalleled, but sightings at the water hole located just a few feet beyond the main lodge are so prolific that Rodney and Nico have introduced a (tongue-in-cheek) experience called ‘the sofa safari’

It seems there is to be no rest for the exceptionally talented Luke Dale-Roberts of Test Kitchen fame. His newest addition, Salsify, just opened in Cape Town’s historic Roundhouse in Camps Bay.

‘As we resist ongoing forces of polarization, we are looking for experiences that make us better, smarter, healthier—that dissolve boundaries and underscore our shared humanity. But not necessarily at the expense of a little comfort and self-indulgence,’ said Pilar Guzman, Editor-in-Chief, Conde Nast Traveler in her October newsletter.

Did you know that in South Africa alone approximately one in twenty people rely directly on the tourism industry for employment?