by Bedouin Bourdain There is a version of South Africa that lives in the public imagination: dangerous, unequal, impossibly remote. Then there is the South Africa you actually encounter when you land, look around, and let the place work on you. The two versions rarely match. In fact, they are barely acquainted. Johannesburg: More Alive Than Dead Most travelers bypass … Read More
Travel Spotlight of the Week: the Relaxed Perfection of Malta and Sicily
By Bedouin Bourdain There are destinations you visit, and then there are destinations that visit you, that take up permanent residence somewhere behind the eyes. Malta and Sicily are the latter. Malta arrives like a movie set no one told you was real. Baroque gold drips from the ceiling of St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, a vault of painted heavens so … Read More