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Essaouira | Anthony Sattin | Morocco, Atlantic Coast, Essaouira

A row of palm trees lines the road opposite the gallery, casting elegant shadows against the rust-red walls of the inner town. Old Souiries in jellabas rest in these shadows in the heat of the day. Later, when it is cooler, women covered by their haiks chat beneath the walls while their children play on the short-barrelled cannons, which guard the high key-hole entrance to the old town. This, it is clear, isn't just any old town

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Going with the Flow | Anthony Sattin | Syrian Arab Republic, The Southern Provinces, Damascus

All the treasures of the Middle East there to be taken in at a glance, at once a dazzling contrast to the desert surrounding the city and an eloquent reminder of what has drawn people there over the centuries

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Happy Birthday, Abu’l-Hajjaj | Anthony Sattin | Egypt, Nile, Luxor

Along the Luxor corniche, the morning light was soft and the wake sparkled behind the Mecca, the old iron-hulled ferry, as it made its short pilgrimage across the Nile

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Mallorca Walker | Anthony Sattin | Spain, Menorca, Menorca

Everyone has a different idea of beauty. Some of us have several. One of mine is this: a stream running through a grove of ancient olive trees, on the side of a steep hill carpeted with grasses and wildflowers

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Notes From Mali | Anthony Sattin | Mali, Niger River, Bamako

What stands out most brightly in my mind are the trip up the river, the music of the clubs of Bamako, the Malian capital, the quiet charms of Segou, the country's second-largest town, and the stunning mud-brick architecture of Djenne, whose mosque has become something of an icon for the country

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Surf’s Up: Bodyboarding in Newquay | Anthony Sattin | United Kingdom, Devon and Cornwall, Newquay

From the balcony of our room, we look out at the deep blue Atlantic. The storms we drove through in Devon have not followed us down, the sun is out and a breeze is blowing off the sea, kicking up some fine old waves

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When in Bangkok... Get Massaged | Anthony Sattin | Thailand, Bangkok, Bangkok

I am lying naked on a white mattress, surrounded by plenty of teak and polished stone, while a Thai woman kneels to anoint me with herbal slop. I can smell the camphor and there's lemongrass, tamarind and things she won't divulge. Head to toe, front and back. When she has finished, I have an inkling of how it must feel to be one of Nigella Lawson's chickens...

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When in Cairo... belly dance | Anthony Sattin | Egypt, Cairo and Giza, Cairo

Madame Fifi, self-crowned Queen of the Nile, caught in a single spotlight, feted by a fanfare from her 30-member band. She is tall and solid, a rounded Egyptian beauty in diaphanous red robe and sequined bikini

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