Mount Everest up close
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at 8 844 meters (29 016 ft) above sea level. Always snow-capped above 6 000 meters it is the holy grail of mountaineers and sacred among the Tibetans and Nepalese. The second highest mountain is K2 in Pakistan at a height of 8 611 meters. […]
Annual Tour 2019 – Lijiang, Shangri La, Tibet & Chengdu
Itinerary Day 1 – Friday, 30 August 2019: Depart Johannesburg Depart Johannesburg on Cathay Pacific flight CX 748 at 12H25. Day 2 – Saturday, 31 August 2019: Arrival in Lijiang Main group to arrive in Hong Kong at 07H10. Remain in transit until our fight departs to Kunming. Depart Hong Kong on flight Upon arrival […]
Visiting the home of the imposing Komodo Dragon
Words by Kim Lings, pictures by Kevin Lings The word Dragon evokes fairy-tale thoughts of fire-breathing winged creatures, ancient castles, and brave knights. The reality of seeing a fully grown Komodo Dragon, in its natural environment, induces an instinctive awareness of its power and an immediate respect for its ability to survive for centuries on […]
A Life Time Love Affair with Egypt
My love affair with Ancient Egypt started many years ago and after thirty trips to Egypt I still get butterflies in my stomach every time I board an Egypt Air flight to Cairo. In-fact the attraction gets stronger with each experience. Herodotus once wrote of Egypt that “Nowhere are there so many marvelous things…nor in […]
Easter Island – The Most Isolated and Mysterious Island in the World
No one arrives on Easter Island by accident. It is on the way to nowhere, and it is next to nothing. In fact it is the most isolated inhabited and mysterious island in the World. Chile, the country that has overseen it as a province since 1888, is some 3 600 km away, and until […]