Who lived life to the full and left a footprint in Nepal ADVENTURER: Warwick Deacock (above) and (below) crossing the Simpson Desert in South Australia in 1983 on the route from Pumi Bore to Birdsville. Major Warwick Deacock’s erect bearing and bronzed craggy features evoke his British military background, his…
Remembering the legendary Boris Lisanevich, founder of the Royal Hotel We recline on trekking mattresses on the sweet-smelling grass, bees and insects busy in the overgrown garden. Nursing a tin cup of Boris’ signature bullshot, a mix of local vodka, tomato juice and home-made beef bouillon, I take a break…
Those wonderful Pilatus Porter pilots and their flying machines The crags and rocks were perilously close to the wing tips as our Pilatus Porter aircraft spiralled downwards towards the tiny landing strip clinging to the remote Himalayan hillside. I could see our shadow on the side of the valley, insignificant…
Forty years later, I can still taste the fear and feel my trembling knees as I cowered uselessly behind the tree to dodge the charging rhino In khaki shorts and floppy hat I greet the arriving guests at the bottom of the wooden aircraft steps, the same ones used for…
Once upon a time, Lady Elephant helped put out the flames at Tiger Tops Afternoons in the Tarai jungle in May are endless, oppressive, soporific with the heavy smell of dense grass awaiting revival by the monsoon. The thick sweltering heat shimmies as the afternoon haze dances on the horizon.…