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CAMP WITH PENGUINS IN ANTARCTICABy Lindsey Galloway 24 September 2013http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130924-camp-with-penguins-in-antarctica A few hundred travellers each year can experience the inner part of the icy continent with (almost) all the comforts of home. With its constant sub-zero temperatures and uninhabited glacier terrain, Antarctica is not usually thought of as a luxury locale. But tour operator White Desert is determined to change that. Offering a few expeditions a year to their upscale, well-furnished camp, the group affords a few hundred travellers the chance to experience the inner part of the icy continent with (almost) all the comforts of home. White Desert founder Patrick Woodhead, who led the very first east-to-west traverse of Antarctica in 2002, envisioned the camp on one of his many expeditions. While waiting out a storm in the bitter cold, he and his fellow travellers imagined a more inclusive polar experience complete with luxury transportation and accommodation. Today travellers get to experience that dream when they book one of the bespoke itineraries or organised trips that are offered during the continent’s late spring and summer (November and December). The trips all start with a five-hour private flight from Cape Town to an ice runway perched atop a 50m-tall frozen waterfall located within the Dronning Maud Land region in eastern Antarctica. Guests then get cosy at the eco-friendly Whichaway camp, which is completely solar- and wind-powered. The tented refuge includes a living area furnished with a central warming stove, fur rugs, a library and maps of the South Pole in tribute to early Victorian explorers. Six sleeping pods are made of fibreglass panels that resist Antarctica’s notoriously strong winds and keep the interior quiet and warm. The pods – measuring 6m in diameter – include a double bed, a writing desk and a private bathroom. Meals are also served in style, prepared by a professional South African chef. A full English breakfast is followed by a light lunch, with all the stops pulled out for a three-course dinner, which might include barbequed steak, salmon served with wasabi and plenty of Champagne. While at the camp, guests can participate in a variety of activities, including exploring ice caves, visiting a nearby science base, kite-skiing or touring a colony of Emperor penguins, where more than 6,000 of the flightless birds nest and raise their chicks. As part of its commitment to have zero environmental impact, the entire camp is dismantled at the end of each season, leaving behind no trace of human touch among the vast glacier landscape. Practicalities Book online at white-desert.com. The eight- to 10-day tours only accommodate 12 people, so spots fill up quickly. Per person cost ranges from 18,000 euros to 57,000 euros depending on the length of the tour and the activities involved. Guests must provide their own polar-ready clothing, though White Desert does offer items for purchase before the trip. EDINBURGH: NOT JUST A PRETTY FESTIVAL By Bridget Weller 13 August 2015 http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20100812-edinburgh-not-just-a-pretty-festival- Edinburgh Festival is actually a host of festivals in the summer that celebrate art, books, politics, music, theatre, dance, food, spirituality and pretty much everything in between. Edinburgh Festival is a singular event most accurately referred to in the plural. In the general vicinity of August a host of festivals come to town covering art, books, politics, music, theatre, dance, food, spirituality and multiculturalism and pretty much everything in between. Events include anything from a Mozart-penned mass at the neo-gothic St Mary’s Cathedral, avant-garde modern dance, Dizzee Rascal and more comedians than you could poke a rubber chicken at. The highest concentrations of performers and people are in the Old Town. At the western end of the Royal Mile is the Castle, temporary home to the insanely popular Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (7-29 Aug). At the eastern end is Holyrood Castle and Holyrood Park where the Foodies Festival (13-15 Aug) and Festival Cavalcade (8 Aug) are held. At this time of year, walking from one to the other will probably involve negotiating four jugglers, two unicyclists, a retro-clad maiden doing light operatics and a local who's trying make a quid from her world-record number of body-piercings. There is also tartan, whisky and (very probably) rain. Meanwhile, seagulls the size of winged chihuahuas stare malevolently down from steepled sandstone spires. Some of the most popular festivals are the Edinburgh International Festival (13 Aug-5 Sep), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6-30 Aug) and the PHB's Free Fringe 2010(8-29 Aug). For music lovers there is the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival (30 Jul-8 Aug), art-aficionados should visit the Edinburgh Art Festival (29 Jul-5 Sep), while bibliophiles will not want to miss the Edinburgh Book Festival (14-30 Aug). Fire and ice The Royal Bank of Scotland Fireworks (Queens Street Gardens, 5 Sep) marks the moment when it is time to take off the party hat. More than 10,000 fireworks explode above the Castle and cascade downs its walls, choreographed to live music. Prime viewing is from the Princes Street Gardens, which is ticketed, but you and up to 200,000 others can enjoy it for free from various points around the city. A view of the north face of the castle is best. Fireworks feature heavily in Hogmanay, Edinburgh's famous New Year's Eve celebrations, as well. In 2011, a procession of torch carriers including the Up Helly Aa' Vikings from Shetland is also planned, making a river of fire flowing up Calton Hill. Pyromaniacs can also get a mid-year fix at the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill (30 April) where Edinburgh celebrates its Celtic roots with the Green Man, the May Queen, dancing, and large balls of fire being swung about on ropes. Galleries Art and art galleries are integral to Edinburgh. Galleries are well patronised by locals as well as visitors, and with the exception of the occasional special exhibition, they are free. The National Gallery Complex on The Mound includes the National Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy. The National Portrait Gallery, also central, is due to reopen in November 2011 after a major refurbishment. To the west of the city centre, the collections at the Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery take a more contemporary take and include artists such as Warhol and Miró. A path from the rear of the gallery leads down the banks of the Water of Leith, which is home to one of the Gallery's of Modern Art's most recent commissions, Anthony Gormley's 6 Times. This comprises 6 life-size cast-iron figures which follow the path of the river from the Gallery to the where the river joins the sea in Leith. Smaller galleries worth a visit include Inverleith House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Ingleby and Talbot Rice Gallery at Edinburgh University. Ghouls & graveyards Strange happenings in the dark are another Edinburgh tradition, and the dramatic landscape and the ornate mix of medieval, Georgian and Victorian architecture provide the perfect setting for it. The Edinburgh Dungeons, a range of ghost and graveyard tours, and a genuinely creepy display of torturer's tools at the National Museum of Scotland keep the tradition alive. Mary King's Close is haunted by anecdotes, although the stories of people being sealed alive in the Close during the plague have been long discounted. The first City of Literature Authors past and present figure prominently in Edinburgh. Literary lions born or based there include Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Muriel Spark, as well as JK Rowling, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and Irvine Welsh. Literary pub tours, literary walking tours, and no shortage of good bookshops cater for bibliophiles. In 2004 Edinburgh was appointed the first Unesco City of Literature, and the Edinburgh Book Festival (14-29 August) continues to thrive. The Writers' Museum and the Scottish Storytelling Centre are also easily accessible from the Royal Mile. Further down the hill the Scottish Poetry Library is home to a vast selection of poetry books and pamphlets, and poets feature in regular evening events. Fine dining in Scotland While the rest of the UK is telling old jokes about Scottish cuisine, Edinburgh has been quietly establishing itself as a haven of fine dining. There is plenty of good quality Indian, French and Thai to be had, and a good smattering of Italian. Where Edinburgh really excels, though, is in menus prepared with locally sourced produce. Five of Edinburgh's restaurants were given stars in the 2010 Michelin Guide: Martin Wishart, The Kitchin and Plumed Horse down in waterside Leith, and Restaurant 21212 and Number One in the city centre. How to In August Edinburgh's population doubles and prices for accommodation follow suit. Book early to avoid sleeping in the park. Thankfully, festivals events are well organised and easy to book either online or in person. Programs and flyers are everywhere, and The Hub and the Fringe Shop on the Royal Mile are there to help. Remember that “The Official Edinburgh Festivals Map”, which is free and has venues marked, is your best friend. It is best and probably quickest to get around the main Festivals venues on foot. Beyond that, there is an excellent bus network, which will carry you around all day for £3.20. Official Edinburgh Festivals Website: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk. LIVING IN: MARRAKESH By Sunshine Flint 25 July 2012 http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120723-living-in-marrakesh Experience a meld of North African, Berber, Arab and French culture in a city both ancient and modern. Marrakesh is one of those places whose name, when spoken aloud, conjures up qualities of the city itself. A magical, mysterious, silken sound that evokes covered souks and the medina, ochre-coloured buildings and palm trees, the clash of scooters, cars, donkeys and people. Living here means experiencing a meld of North African, Berber, Arab and French culture in a city both ancient and modern. What is it known for? Marrakesh sits at the foothills of the Atlas Mountains in the heart of Morocco, midway between the Mediterranean coast and the edge of the African interior. It has been a draw for Western travellers for more than a century, attracting ex-pats during the French colonial period in the first half of the 20th Century like George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm and 1984, and Jacques Majorelle, an artist who designed the city’s lush gardens named for him and who created the deep blue colour known as bleu Majorelle, seen throughout the garden. (Yves Saint Laurent bought it in 1980 and his ashes were scattered there.) In the post-war era, writer Paul Bowles came and set his novel Sheltering Sky in the region, followed by bohemians, hippies and glam jetsetters, each seeking sun and/or sin. The city is one of Morocco’s biggest tourist draws. Many visitors start in Djemaa el-Fna, a market square filled snake charmers and nightly food stalls; wander down the lanes of the medina; then sip mint tea and nibble on figs while listening to the muezzins call to prayer and recovering from haggling over carpets before retiring to their riad hotels (a traditional house where all the rooms surround an interior courtyard, usually with a rooftop garden). The Ville Nouvelle -- modern Marrakesh -- is just outside the medina, and neighbourhoods like Gueliz and Hivernage are home to many chic restaurants and shops. In the past few years, a number of luxury palace hotels have opened in and around the city, including the revamp of the famous La Mamounia, the sumptuous Palais Namaskar and its water gardens, and the walled Selman just minutes from the medina. The city also has attracted more than 10,000 ex-pats and retirees, many of who come for a new way of life relatively close to home. “You get this incredibly exotic lifestyle and destination, wrapped up in enough European modernity to keep your sanity,” said Tara Stevens, a writer who lives in Fez, but spends a lot of her time in Marrakesh. “You can dip in and out of the medina, bombard your senses at the night food market on the Djemaa el-Fna, but still go shopping for modern fashion or have a glass of wine on a terrace in the Ville Nouvelle.” Where do you want to live? Restoring a traditional riad in the medina is a dream for many, whether it is to live in or run as a guesthouse. But the walls of this ancient quarter can feel claustrophobic and some choose to move to areas such as Gueliz and Hivernage, with their high-end restaurants and swank nightlife. “Some ex-pats move out to Gueliz or elsewhere in the Ville Nouvelle because it is far less intense and you have a bit more freedom in terms of lifestyle,” said Stevens, referring to the modernity available outside the riads and narrow lanes of the medina. “I suppose space is what you ultimately miss in the medina.” Villas and land parcels along the Route d’Amizmiz attract an upscale clientele looking to live just outside of the city, but still close to the centre and the medina. Northeast of the city, the Palmeraie, an enormous palm grove, is home to luxury resorts, villas and manicured gardens that attract an extremely well-heeled buyer. “People are still looking to buy land to build a villa as far out as 25 to 30km from the centre,” said Philip Arnott, director of Moroccan Properties Immobilier. Side trips The spectacular Ourika Valley in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains is just about an hour away, and acts as the jumping off point to Berber villages and mountain treks. “It’s probably one of the most beautiful spots in all Morocco with rich red mountains and lush plant life,” said Stevens. Or some head out into the Sahara Desert for a day trip or a couple of nights at a luxury camp. Marrakesh also has good rail connections to the cities on the coast, such as Casablanca, Rabat and hip Essaouira (a new road has reduced the drive to two hours), the top choice for short break by the seaside. Fez is around 300km away and from there, the holy hilltop town of Moulay Idriss is just an hour away. Several budget airlines fly into the Marrakesh-Menara Airport, along with British Airways and Air Maroc, which provide direct connections to European cities around the world. The flight to London is three-and-a-half hours and it is three hours to Paris. REFERENCES: Багаутдинов А.А. 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