How New Zealand and Nepal knowhow helped develop tourism in Borneo Aslender snake slithered high above our heads on the damp rock wall and the brown guano floor felt spongy beneath our feet, alive with golden cockroaches. But the overpowering…
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The Eyes of Truth
The blue sky was clear and early afternoon sunlight bounced off the glaciers, gullies and rock walls of the Langtang peaks, but the helicopter captain was keen to leave. He was concerned about the effects of altitude after several hours…
Hanging out with the headhunters
How experience in eco-tourism development in Nepal came handy in Borneo I was not at all concerned about the rising wind but my headhunter companions were alarmed. They hurried with increasing urgency along the blustery forest trails, glancing nervously up…
Pilgrimage to Copenhagen
… to track down the Indian-born son of American missionaries who first built Tiger Tops in Chitwan Mette Rolff’s Nordic blond hair was pulled back neat against the nape of her neck as she gazed across the Copenhagen skyline from…
Sun striped shadows
Close encounters of a wild kind in Chitwan Encountering a tiger in the wild is a privilege not to be taken lightly, and an experience never forgotten. Words cannot do justice to this most magnificent of all creatures, but many…