Encounters with elephants
The elephant looms disconcertingly close, snuffling my foot with her warm breath and leaving a mix of mud and saliva on my open-toed shoe. “Thank God…
Responsible tourism: making a difference
Today is World Responsible Tourism Day. To mark the occasion, here is a story I wrote last year after travelling in Laos. This story, of which…
Turkeys at the bottom of my garden
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the birdies is? So goes the poem, and Spring has certainly sprung in my part of…
Take a break with the seals
With bodies as black, as wet and as gleaming as the rocks they recline on, seals are prolific along the New Zealand coastline. Once your eyes…
A whale of a time
Toki, a male Sperm Whale who lives in the deep undersea canyon off the Kaikoura coast on New Zealand’s South Island, made my day today. Toki was…
A Glass Half Full 