Monthly Archives: September 2015

Condors, Colca Canyon, Peru

That Condor Moment

As a rule I am unlucky with my wildlife spotting in the ‘wild’. A tigerless tiger safari in India, a whale free visit to Hermanus in South Africa, zero dolphins on a boat trip in Mauritius specifically arranged to see the grey beauties, not a cetacean to be seen on a whaling expedition in Iceland […]

Palmyra

Sadly the predictions have come true. I am deeply saddened by it, yet another blow to a wonderful nation.