Penny Raylott Travel Articles

 
Big Brother’s African Brother #54: Tsumeb to Etosha National Park, Namibia
Campers behaving badly and a run in with the food mafia. But the wildlife makes it all better.
Big Brother’s African Brother #55: Swakopmund, Namibia
Living the high life with adrenalin coursing through their veins, Penny crashes and rolls a quadbike, quaffs champagne and oysters, and holds her breath as Tom whizzes past her at 80kmph.
Big Brother’s African Brother #56: Swakopmund to Maltahohe, Namibia, South
Tom narrowly averts catastrophe by putting his rally driving expertise into practise on the world's best maintained gravel roads. All those hours on the Playstation finally paid off.
Big Brother’s African Brother #51: Malealea, Lesotho
Acres of clear blue sky, young boys ploughing the fields by hand, donkeys burdened with maize sacks, men wrapped in blankets donning good, old fashioned wellington boots - Lesotho is a gateway into an
Big Brother’s African Brother #52: Kimberley to Uppington, South Africa
AK47s, Armageddon, four minute instant skin cancer and an attempted conversion to the Islamic faith using a wholesome fish curry and Barbra Streisand songs - it's just another crazy week in South Afri
Big Brother’s African Brother #50: Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, Swaziland
Up close and personal with a family of hippo in Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, an idyllic place to unwind and be at one with nature.
Big Brother’s African Brother #48: Nelspruit to Graskop, South Africa
After viewing all the cuddly wildlife in Kruger National Park you can pick up fresh game meat from the camp site and toss your favourite antelope onto the braai.
Big Brother’s African Brother #49: Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal National Park, South Africa
"What National Park?" exclaimed the American traveller standing on the edge of the Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal National Park. "Do you mean Kruger?"
Big Brother’s African Brother #46:Gweru to Victoria Falls via Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Mugabe's propaganda machine continues to manufacture anti-British and American sentiment while the queues for bread are the longest yet. More importantly, Tom gets trapped inside a toilet on the Victo
Big Brother’s African Brother #47: Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to Pretoria, South Africa
Billed as 'excellent' in Lonely Planet, the Pretoria Tourism Information Centre scores a big fat zero out of ten - they had never even heard of Kruger National Park.