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Inn at Bay Fortune Fireworks Feast an expensive but sensual treat

by Francis on 22 January 2025 10:00 am on 22 January 2025

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a research company I founded had as a client the specialty television division of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.,…

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Cape Town's Kaapse Klopse minstrel carnival is a kaleidoscope of colour and sound

by Francis on 17 January 2025 9:15 am on 17 January 2025

Starting as the cold and wet Cape Town winter begins to warm up in September, the sounds of an at-first decidedly amateurish brass band wafts…

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'Best restaurant in the world' is a seaside locavore gem

by Francis on 31 October 2024 9:18 am on 31 October 2024

Can any single restaurant genuinely lay claim to being the best in the world? Although I enjoy lists like The World’s 50 Best and have…

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Todos Santos, a little Baja California town right out of an Eagles tune

by Francis on 23 April 2024 5:46 am on 23 April 2024

Todos Santos, a little town and artist colony on the Pacific side of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, seems exactly the sort of place the Eagles…

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Living a life of luxury at Lion Sands

by Francis on 29 November 2023 8:02 am on 29 November 2023

We knew the leopard was close before we actually saw her. We were on our first game drive at Lion Sands, one of a collection…

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Leucospermum cordifolium: A macro study

by Francis on 28 July 2023 11:46 am on 28 July 2023

Our garden is blessed with a large and beautiful leucospermum cordifolium bush, more colloquially known as a pincushion protea. Of the handful of different protea…

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Yucca palm: A macro study

by Francis on 24 May 2023 3:40 am on 24 May 2023
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Food at FYN was more than fine

by Francis on 23 May 2023 12:41 pm on 23 May 2023

In a city and a country with an abundance of superb restaurants, creative chefs and the imaginative incorporation of fresh local ingredients, Linda and I…

2 min read 6,415 views
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A secular pilgrimage to Lalibela, Ethiopia

by Francis on 26 November 2020 10:43 am on 26 November 2020

In 2017, armed with just enough soon-to-expire frequent flyer miles to snag a return ticket in business class between Cape Town and Ottawa via Addis…

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  • Inn at Bay Fortune Fireworks Feast an expensive but sensual treat
  • Cape Town’s Kaapse Klopse minstrel carnival is a kaleidoscope of colour and sound
  • ‘Best restaurant in the world’ is a seaside locavore gem
  • Todos Santos, a little Baja California town right out of an Eagles tune
  • Living a life of luxury at Lion Sands
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