Singing echoed across the water as we puttered over the Chobe river in the shimmering afternoon sun. A beautiful African melody, becoming clearer as we neared our new home, the Zambezi Queen riverboat. The Namibian crewmembers were lined up to greet us with beaming smiles, swaying and clapping. Crocodiles basked lazily on nearby sandbanks. Huge dragonflies in iridescent colours buzzed the boat. On the opposite bank, we could see hundreds
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There’s a full moon rising over the sleepy Ionian island of Kythira, throwing silvery light over the clifftop castle, Chora Kythira. My partner, David, and I are sitting in a beachfront taverna, toes in the sand, tucking into fresh sea bream, Greek salad and a carafe of chilled rose, gazing out at the dark sea. All around us, the lively chatter is in Greek. This is an island the locals
