Story and photographs by Anthony and Mellissa Pascoe

We’ve all seen them advertised and we’ve all been tempted - those glossy ads in the weekend papers for package trips to Mauritius. Five nights at a luxury resort for an amount that may or may not be reasonable. Damn, they are tempting!

This spiritual land offers spectacular scenery, majestic mountains, strange rock formations and phenomenal night skies...

In our July issue, Robbie Stammers regaled us with tales of Beaverlac in the Western Cape. Here the story continues...

By Adam Currie

When one thinks of Mexico, one often conjures up images of a limp- bodied, sombrero-donning figure reclining in the desert sun, with nothing but a bottle of Olmeca’s finest to keep him company.

Watching the sun rise over St Helena Bay on a crisp morning in April, my thoughts drift over the words of James Russell Lowell when he wrote “It is right precious to behold, the first long surf of climbing light, flood all the thirsty east with gold.”