All posts by Eva Melusine Thieme
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Paris with kids, or shabby-chic on Montmartre with a sprinkling of pigeon poop
I fondly recall our apartment in Paris’ 18th Arrondissement the summer I took the kids on a frenzied...
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Mosetlha Bush Camp: Simple elegance on an African safari (Or: Lions, leopards, and a donkey boiler)
Three hours in an open Land Rover bumping along dusty lanes while tracking lion and buffalo have left...
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Living in the world’s most dangerous city
If you’ve lived in Johannesburg you won’t leave with the crime rate on your mind. You’re more likely...
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The streets of Cairo
In our minds, Cairo was the most exotic of destinations.
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Slackpacking in the wilderness
“Come slackpacking with us,” our South African friends said to us last month when talking us into a...
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Pole Pole: Scaling Africa’s highest summit
I’m not sure exactly what possessed me to join the ranks of some 35,000 people who annually attempt...
