Big Time in Whistler

The crowd is dotted with a number of incredibly skilled individuals who have developed a method of carrying their boards or skis, drink a Starbucks skinny latte and talk on the mobile phone at the same time.

Hope in the Delta

There was no better feeling than swimming amongst the lilies, playing hide and seek in the reeds and splashing about in the crisp clean water.

Just another death in Africa

It only took seconds for one of the lions to take down her prey in a single swipe at the neck of the panicked animal. Silence then descended upon the plains – the drama of the kill quickly forgotten.

Umuganda Rwanda

You will never forget your first encounter with a silverback, there is that initial fear, followed by a need to get closer, quickly replaced by the realisation that he is in complete control of the next few minutes of your life.

An old man in Malawi

Alick at 21 is one of the few old people you see in the streets, with half the population under 15 and an average life expectancy of 34, he gave me the respect normally reserved for an elder.

A billionaire in Zimbabwe

Together with our guides and a couple of researchers we were led through a clump of trees and there right in front of us were three male lions – around 16-18 months old but to all intents and purposes fully grown.

Costa Rica Family Adventure

Imagine climbing up one of the MCG light towers stepping out onto a platform, attaching yourself to a wire and whizzing above the crowd to the opposite tower. Ok you can picture it?

Welcome back to Colombia

The old city of Cartagena was built in the 1500’s, it is surrounded by a huge wall and most of the structures were built in the following 200 years.

All roads lead to Panama

On the way back a bit disoriented I took a “short cut” and ended up being chased by a fully armed paratrooper. Somehow I had wandered into the President of Panama’s compound and didn’t hear him yelling.

Working out in Tiananmen Square

So here we are, standing in flimsy running gear, standing for what seemed like an hour squeezed in the crowd, our heads protruding above the pack like a couple of emu’s, the ceremony finally started.