The most important date and place in Commodore Anson’s voyage around the world from 1740-1744 is June 21 1743 at Cape Espiritu Santo. ...

This is the last stop on the first leg of our journey following in the footsteps of Commodore Anson. We are on the island of Pamalican,...

It had to happen, didn’t it? Or at least the locals needed an explanation as to why these three people were here from England. We...

For over 250 years the craft of building and sailing the Proa was lost to the islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands. Through...

On Tuesday we set off with our expert guide, Genevieve Cabrera, to learn more about ancient island history as well as the impact of WW II...

It’s fair to say that after 275 years there is precious little on-the-ground evidence of Commodore Anson’s voyage to the places we have...

Can we just talk about this for a bit? One of the more sobering visits we had was to the North Airfield on Tinian island. This was the...

We had an action packed day today. We were up early for a flight around the island of Saipan followed by a circuit around Tinian. So...

We arrived in Saipan at 2 am on Saturday morning to be greeted in the arrivals hall with flower headdresses and garlands. Too tired to...

Today we drove and strolled around Guangzhou visiting three sites where on two of the three still stand buildings that Commodore Anson...

On our two hour drive to Goungzhou we stopped at two lovely Chinese gardens, the first being the Qinghui Garden in Shunde, and the second...

We left Macau this morning and crossed the border into China. 34m people cross through annually, around 300,000 daily. Peak time is...

Admiral Anson sailed into Macau on November 11 1742 after crossing the Pacific. He stayed here until he received permission to sail up...

Yesterday morning we left Tswalu Kalahari Reserve by private plane to Johannesburg. A truly magical four days and three nights at...

According to our guide, this is one of the most endangered species on the planet with around only 500 in the wild. We were very lucky...

We tracked a pack of wild dogs from first sunlight. They operate very much as a pack with a strict hierarchy. Each one has a job to do....

A beautiful evening - what better than to spend it in splendid isolation with friends - over a few drinks and barbecue in the desert. ...

Our afternoon drive starts with a quick ‘high tea’ at 4:30 pm then heading out. This afternoon it was travelling to the west side of the...

Our safari mornings begin with a 4:30 am wake-up call. We meet up in the lodge at 4:50 am for a quick cup of tea/coffee, then out in...

Yesterday we tracked a pack of seven African Wild Dogs (Lycaon Pictus) who brought down and ate an impala with astonishing speed. We...