Caroline Hurry
Winner of a Tourism Authority of Thailand Award for International Media Reporting, Caroline Hurry has written for Independent Newspapers, The Citizen, Sunday Times, Business Traveller, Journeys, and Habitat, among others. Married to a Dane, she divides her time between Copenhagen and Johannesburg. A self-described word herder, dog wrangler, and cat slave, she loves visiting new countries and sitting in the lap of luxury
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Betting on Bornholm
Bornholm’s oldest commercial centre, Gudhjem held herring fairs in the Middle Ages and started the smoked fish industry. Fishing is still the main occupation here and from Gudhjem you can take a boat to Ertholmene, a group of three tiny islands
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The Mind of Plants
From Ayahuasca to the banyan to beans and coralline algae, every story is a marvel, a revelation. We owe our very existence to plants
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Advice for the starry-eyed
Back in another space-time continuum, when you could smoke on planes, go clubbing in Hillbrow, and 'knock three times on the ceiling' if you wanted someone, I sent Linda Shaw to an astrologer for her...
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Egypt’s White Desert
Egypt’s heat hovers like a lovelorn drunk breathing pungent fumes over everyone in its proximity at Ains Soukhna on the Red Sea
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St Petersburg Metro
Saint Petersburg’s metro is one of the world's busiest with five subway lines, 67 stations, 3 000 trains and 2.5 million passengers a day
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Beat the Covid Blues
This is a tale of two cities ‒ Scare City and Synchroni City. Looping trains of thought will speed you to either place. How long you choose to stay is up to you
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Dreaming of Copenhagen
Like a conjurer unveiling ‘wow moments’ with every sweep of his cape, Henrik Thierlein is to Copenhagen what twinkling lights are to Tivoli
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Awaken the Muse-ic
Johannesburg-based Biofield Tuner and Sound Therapist Wendy Leppard can help restore harmony and renew our life force.
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A journey of purpose
Named after a King Shaka descendant, Biyela Lodge at mFulaWozi Wilderness Private Game Reserve comprises 12 standalone luxury suites
Shanghair, Shanghai!
There was no saucy reason for me being there other than a foot massage, but that didn’t stop the massage boy from venturing, ‘you older?’
Betting on Bornholm
Bornholm’s oldest commercial centre, Gudhjem held herring fairs in the Middle Ages and started the smoked fish industry. Fishing is still the main occupation here and from Gudhjem you can take a boat to Ertholmene, a group of three tiny islands
REIGN
Unequal parts memoir, self-revelatory confessional, and Brave New World travelogue, this rollercoaster ride to sovereignty bridges continents, real-life experiences, a few rabbit holes, and a self-revelatory wellspring from which you can manifest anything.