I bless the rains down in Africa …

Best time for a safari...Zebras and a wildebeest walking beside the lake in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, flamingos in the background...

There is a silent eloquence In every wild bluebell…

Spotting a carpet of bluebells in a woodland is a highlight of any springtime walk in the countryside... The bluebell has been voted Britain’s favourite...

springtime awakening

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ~Lewis Grizzard

the city of colors

Cape Town (south of africa) is a singularly inviting place, wowing visitors with its setting amid mountains and sea, wine and culinary offerings, not...

For the first time in more than 100 years, wild tigers numbers appear to...

  There are now an estimated 3,890 wild tigers, mostly in Asia, up from a worldwide tiger population of 3,200 estimated in 2010, the World...

Blue eyes… Baby’s got blue eyes…

One of the most spectacular natural displays on earth takes place every spring in Japan. Every April the Hitachi Seaside Park is magically transformed, with...