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More than just desert

A family journey over Egypt's White Desert is as rewarding as the landscape is sparse.

Egypt's White Desert

The endless expanse of Egypt's vast and unusual White Desert has its own breathtaking charm.

Mugabe supporters stone Tsvangirai activists

Mt Kilimanjaro: High hopes

It's a feat of mental and physical willpower to conquer mighty Kilimanjaro and Vanessa James is determined to master the mighty mountain.

Salil Shetty: Commonwealth should stand up for human rights

South Africa: Tracing my grandfather's incarceration

Jill Worrall visits the site of a former Cape Town prison where her grandfather was once incarcerated.

Cape Town, South Africa

Travel blogger Jill Worrall explores the town where her Kiwi grandfather was briefly incarcerated during the Boer War.

Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Vanessa James attempts a trek up the mighty mountain and takes in some captivating sights along the way.

Mauritius: So far, so good

It's just as well that I wasn't with a grammarian when I checked into a new resort called the So Mauritius.