Oman

Waiting for the camel race to start. Photo: John Hatt/Eye Ubiquitous. Oman This article was first published by Harpers & Queen, October 1995. In the late 1960s there was student…
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Respect

Photo: Bill Clinton and George HW Bush became close friends RESPECT by Decca Aitkenhead This is such a wonderful article that I wanted to include it on this website. Despite…
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Kerala

Travel in India has entered a golden age. It has always been exceptionally interesting, but when travellers left the main destinations they often faced difficulties and discomfort.
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Gorillas

Gorillas are mostly gentle, but one of them kept me in my place. Until the pioneering studies of George Schaller in the 1950s, the gorilla was considered a terrifying and savage beast, rumoured to have a propensity for raping women.
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Syria

During my background reading on Syria, I discovered that all the millions of hamsters that have been kept as pets are descended from one single pregnant animal, which was trapped near Aleppo in 1930.
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Namibia

A quarter of the world’s remaining cheetahs live in Namibia. It is a crucial population, for throughout the rest of the world their numbers have been fast diminishing.
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