Inspiring Travel Writing from John Borthwick: Page 7 of 14
Articles by John Borthwick: Page 7 of 14
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Londolozi Private Game Reserve
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John Borthwick
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South Africa
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Limpopo Region
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Londolozi
A cheetah prowls like the prince of the savannah just metres from our open safari car. Londolozi's grand cats remain regally unperturbed by our metal dinosaur - safari vehicles don't shoot at them, and the cats would never lower themselves to...
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Mena House Oberoi
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John Borthwick
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Egypt
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Cairo & Giza
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Giza
"Fancy putting the Pyramids in front of your nice hotel!" a millionaire is reputed once to have complained to the manager of the Mena House Oberoi, Giza. The story is apocryphal, the Mena House is not. Nor is its in-your-face view of the Great...
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Puka Park Resort
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John Borthwick
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New Zealand
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North Island
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Auckland
Coromandel Peninsula on the north-eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island is a sanctuary for city escapees, farmers and artists. It boasts thermal springs, uncrowded beaches and, in early summer, a riot of crimson-blossomed pohutukawa trees....
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San Ysidro Ranch
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John Borthwick
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United States
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California
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Santa Barbara
John F. Kennedy spent his honeymoon at San Ysidro Ranch in 1953 — with Jackie, even. Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were married here at midnight under a flowery archway in its Wedding Garden. Winston Churchill stayed, as did Somerset Maugham who...
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Wakaya Club
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John Borthwick
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Fiji
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Outer Islands (South)
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Wakaya Island
The big gent sitting opposite me at the kava bowl looked very familiar. He also looked very thirsty, slurping down two bilo cups of kava to each one that I drank. Then I recognised him — Hollywood actor James Belushi. At his side was, of course, a...
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Bali Self-Driving
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John Borthwick
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Indonesia
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Nusa Tenggara/ Southeast Islands
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Bali
It's a familiar morning scene in Bali: a vehicle buried to its hubs in sand and sea-water. The driver had attempted a midnight shortcut along Seminyak Beach, just north of Kuta. Passers-by take bets on when a tractor - better still, a pair of water...
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Desert Islands De Luxe
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John Borthwick
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Maldives
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Maldives Region
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Malé
Below us, Kunfunadhoo Island is a comma of coral and palms adrift on an epic sea. The 30-minute trip here from Male has been less a flight than a transcendent experience.Soneva Fushi Resort on Kunfunadhoo is one of the Maldives' most upmarket...
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Lagoon Blues
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John Borthwick
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Fiji
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Yasawa Islands (North)
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Tavewa Island
"This is our island 'truck'," jokes Otto Doughty as he pushes passenger luggage up the beach in his wheelbarrow. Welcome to tiny Tavewa Island. Welcome to Fiji's Yasawa Archipelago. No trucks, no cars, no jet overflights. Just plenty of turquoise...
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Out of Africa, into the Philippines
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John Borthwick
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Philippines
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Visayas
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Palawan
It sounds like a Genesis Joke. In the beginning, Eden was a Pacific island under martial law. Then the President said, "Let there be zebra,” — and there were zebra, plus giraffe, gazelle and impala. It's no joke that remote Calauit Island in the...
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Cancun
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John Borthwick
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Mexico
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The Yucatan
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Cancun
A Mayan grandmother in a traditional embroidered blouse stands on the main street of Cancun, Mexico and stares at an establishment called the Rainforest Café. The garish facade of this franchised eatery resembles a mock-Mayan temple, complete with...
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