Malawi, ‘The Warm Heart of Africa’, now has Latitude 13° to set the beat.
An exclusive boutique hotel combining bold style with instinctive personal service, Latitude brings a unique concept to Lilongwe.
The 9 spacious luxury suites and arguably the best restaurant in Lilongwe, make Latitude 13° the perfect escape for both the business and leisure traveler.
We offer the highest level of care in a relaxed, professional environment creating a positive chiropractic experience for all ages, from newborns to our spritely 90 year olds. We promote active participation in all aspects of wellbeing to develop lifelong habits.
Ted Botha is a writer, coffee drinker, and traveler. He has written for publications in the United States, England, and South Africa and is the co-creator of the travel site A World Different. His books includeMongo, Adventures in Trash as well as Apartheid in my Rucksack and (with Jenni Baxter) The Expat Confessions.
His nonfiction thriller, The Girl with the Crooked Nose, is a bizarre tale about a forensic sculptor in Philadelphia and the 40 murders and 7 fugitives he helped to investigate. It is newly out in paperback.
His novel, The Animal Lover, is a romance, comedy, and adventure set in two Africas, today and on the eve of World War 2. The conclusion will blow you away.
Michelle Balmer is a freelance writer specialising in travel features. Her wanderlust began soon after she left her native Australia to immerse herself in multicultural Singapore. During the eight years she was based in Singapore she travelled extensively before moving to Dubai in 2004. There, she earned a reputation as a regional destination expert while researching and reporting on Dubai’s transformation and off-roading the coasts, mountains and deserts of Oman.
Michelle relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 2008, where she lived until mid 2010. Then, after dreaming up the “ultimate marine adventure”, she and her husband bought a sailboat and spent six months sailing in the Mediterranean from France to Turkey.
In December 2010, Michelle and her husband moved to Hong Kong where she continues to seek out new and exciting destinations in Asia and around the globe. She is inspired by travel that propels her into the natural world and connects with people from diverse cultures.
Her work has appeared in numerous publications in Asia, Europe and the Middle East including Abroad, Asian Geographic, Khaleej Times, Millionaire Asia and the in-flight magazines of Malaysia Airlines (Going Places), Singapore Airlines (SilverKris), Aer Lingus (Cara) and Oman Air (Wings of Oman). Australian publications include Traveller (The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age). She has been selected as a Dubai travel expert for the American interactive travel website Tripsketch.com and recently updated the Thomas Cook Dubai and Kuala Lumpur CitySpot guides.
Michelle also produces general non-fiction articles. Recent commissions include Cycling Mobility and Vitamin Publishing in Dubai.
Tripbase.com named Michelle one of their 100 favourite travel writers in the world.
Fiona is an author and journalist who has written for many UK publications including The Observer, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Red, New Woman, Top Sante and Elle. For several years she has written a popular weekly column chronicling her family life in The Sunday Herald newspaper.
Fiona lives in Scotland with her husband, their twin sons and daughter. She likes to draw, run 10k races, play her saxophone and lie in the bath with a big glass of wine, although not all at once.
Authors Ted Botha and Jenni Baxter contacted hundreds of South Africans far and wide – from Taiwan to Hawaii, Sydney to Sudan, Christchurch to Canada, London to L.A. – and got their take on living abroad and leaving their beloved South Africa behind. Their stories are surprising, funny, tragic, heartfelt, frustrating, racist and sometimes even quite sad. They are The Expat Confessions.
Superb medieval townhouse in the old-world splendour of Rye
Rye, South East England 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sleeps a maximum of 14
This is a lovely and surprisingly spacious old house, quietly famous, in one of Britain’s most photographed streets and close to the world-renowned Mermaid Inn. This holiday rental home can easily and comfortably accommodate 14 guests. Nearby, yachts and pleasure craft lie moored alongside timbered warehouses full of bustling antique shops.
This delightful house has a marvellous range of beams, high ceilings and rooms full of character and surprise. The upper living room is especially light and sunny, contains a bar and projects into a secluded garden complete with a large mulberry tree set against a panorama of ancient rooftops. The lower living room with its inglenook fireplace looks out onto the famous cobble stone street and the magic of Rye. Within this medieval setting a fascinating variety of Asian artefacts has been imaginatively displayed ranging from an antique rickshaw to Chinese ancestral doors.
The house was the origin of the ballad There’s an old-fashioned house in an old-fashioned street and formed the basis and front cover design of Beatrix Potter’s Tale of the Faithful Dove. Mabel Lucy Atwell lived, wrote and illustrated here and one of the publisher-owner’s many literary guests, E.F. Benson, the novelist famous for his creation of Mapp and Lucia, gave the house its name.
Situated 1.5 miles from the open sea and nature reserves, Rye is within easy reach of Brussels, Paris and Canterbury and is 1.5 hours from London by train. It is probably the most complete example of a medieval town in Britain and crowns a hill originally surrounded by the sea. Its 12th century church, fortified tower, Landgate and ancient wall are all within walking distance of the house and bear testimony to its history as a Cinque Port.
Three miles beyond Rye are Camber Sands, ideal for children, and Winchelsea, which is a lovely example of medieval town planning. Rye has good sporting and sailing facilities and boasts some excellent eating houses, splendid walks and excursions into the smugglers’ paradise of Romney Marsh and the delights of rural Sussex and Kent. A wildlife bird sanctuary stretches from Rye Harbour to Fairlight.
Welcome Home… to Lamu Retreats,
luxury house rentals in Lamu, Kenya
Lamu Retreats offers a selection of holiday homes and luxury house rentals on the beautiful Lamu Island in Kenya.
Lamu is not a typical tropical beach holiday. Do not expect to find beaches swept by attendants and dotted with fiercely contested umbrellas and sun-loungers. There are no parasails or large yellow inflatables being towed up and down the channel nor are there beach bars every twenty metres. However all our Retreats are only a few minutes walk from the sea, where the dhows and local fishing boats are moored. The water laps at the foundations of Shela’s front row houses and the walk to the Peponi Hotel and the miles of open beach beyond may require a detour through the village to avoid wet feet if the tide is in. Sadly after that all the place has to offer is miles and miles of virtually deserted beach.
Welcome to Lamu House, Lamu Island accommodation, Kenya
Hotel Lamu House is made up of two houses that provide the perfect holiday / vacation getaway on Lamu Island, Kenya. This luxury accommodation caters to both those holiday makers or business travellers to Lamu who require a room or rooms to rent; or to a holiday group or family who wish to book out the entire hotel. Both houses have been restored and adapted for western-style living, and preserve all the charm of traditional Swahili architecture but are designed to satisfy the needs of clients and travellers that choose to stay in the historic centre of Lamu for their business or holiday.
Turn your watch forward one hour and back 100 years.
Likoma Island, set in the crystal clear waters of Lake Malawi.