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Soulful gift ideas to satisfy a wanderlust
I've read that Christmas tree sales are to the roof this year, and people have never been buying them so early in the festive season. I have never published a curated list of gift ideas - so here you go: thoughtful, soulful gift ideas to satisfy a wanderlust. Because...
Crete without the crowds
The travel corridor announced mid-October between the UK and Crete allowed for a brief family escape to a Crete without the crowds. It was perfect timing for Sea Sand and Sun ahead of what is shaping up to be a very looong winter. It also gave me a chance to...
Open borders in Africa right now
The African wildlife is thriving and the hotels have plenty of capacity. For those who can, and have the appetite for risk in this tumultuous environment, it's one of those rare times in our lifetime to visit the vastness of the African plains without many 4x4 in...
Meet BozAround Private Travel
If, like me, you're old enough to have lived through September 11th and feel moved this week, you might have thought there would never again be such drama in our lives. Well, we can all agree that the shitshow - let's call a cat a cat - of 2020's covid-19 is on par...
An at-home travel guide for the family, to stimulate all the senses
I wrote this post to ease the wait while we are all under lockdown, an at-home travel guide for the family. You can use it as a guide for an inner journey, a journey full of uncertainties, fears and worries to be faced with ourselves (and the family!) for so long. I...
Le Monde today
From New York to Bangkok, this is what megalopolis look like in this crisis: a visual journey in an empty world. I have inserted the names of the cities and photographer's credits if you hover over each image. it's taken from an article in...
At the Banksy hotel
You know the street artist Banksy, right? Did you know that he has a hotel in Bethlehem, Palestine? It's called the Walled Off Hotel and generates lots of controversy, as you'd expect. But whichever side of the wall you are on, Banksy...
Malawi: from Liwonde to Lake Malawi [4/4]
We get another opportunity to view wildlife in Liwonde National Park, also managed by African Parks. Arriving at Mvuu Camp by boat, we soon understand that what it lacks in style and intimacy, it makes up in warmth and authenticity. The location is outstanding and I...
Malawi: a humbling visit in Zomba [3/4]
Traveling west from Majete, we head to the densely populated Zomba Plateau, an area seldom visited by tourists. We have come to experience village life. The Responsible Safari Company (RSC) has eco-tourism at heart and works in close collaboration with a few...
Malawi: a feel good story in Majete Park [2/4]
Malawi is not world-known for safari, but African Parks, a non-profit conservation organization, is helping change the narrative. They apply business approach to conserving African wildlife and wild areas. They do so by collaborating tightly with the local communities...
Malawi from the top: hiking Mulanje Mountain [1/4]
The journey from London takes us via Johannesburg. It is rather long but landing in Blantyre, the economic capital of Malawi, feels familiar. I am reminded of Hararé 20 years ago, with dirt roads in the middle of the city and people walking everywhere. Malawi is a...
15 family-owned secret hotels by the Mediterannean
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. I am not a fan of large, group-owned, cookie-cutter hotels in general, but when they're by the sea, I have a physical reaction to them. This blog post is another list of secret places: sweet little family-run hotels...
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How I traveled to Syria for my birthday, and loved it
Yes I traveled to Syria last week. Not the broken and abused Syria that we all know from the news but the Syria full of colours, smiles and flavours that once stood proud. That’s right, that's where we all went on Thursday night with a bunch of super girlfriends and...
i am a pure and proud product of immigration
this is me in the 70's at my beloved grandmother's house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with mother and brothers in search of a better life in the mining towns...
I wonder what Hemingway would say about Cuba today
Everyone's talking about Cuba these days, and I am thrown 20 years back to when I first visited this special island, and left it with mixed feelings about its future. I was 20 years old back then. During a summer internship in Caracas (that's a whole other blog...
The wife vs. the mother, Bhutan |1|
We're back from a trip in Bhutan, which I really want to document properly on BozAround. It will be mainly through photos as I took sooo many, and they will tell much more about this beautiful country than my own words. Bhutan is roughly the size of Switzerland,...