Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Rebekah Diski visits Rogbonko Village in Sierra Leone

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The journey to Rogbonko is supposed to take three hours from Freetown. It takes us a lot longer, but the journey offers the chance to get...
Saturday, 19 February 2011

Roger Diski in Sierra Leone - Part I

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Photo by Roger Diski I t was a bouncy one-hour boat ride to Bunce Island this morning, but the island itself was fascinating. It was a ...
Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Roger Diski Tears His Trousers - Adventures in Rwanda

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Chimp Tracking in Nyungwe Forest  It’s not easy. You have to work hard to find the chimps, and the first part of working hard is getting ...
Monday, 14 February 2011

Roger Diski catches a glimpse of twin gorillas born 3 February 2011

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Gorilla gives birth to twins in Volcanoes National Park   It’s extremely rare for mountain gorillas to give birth to living twins – the l...

One word: 'Wow'

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WILL HIDE's tweet was more expansive than his email to me - 'One word: wow' - this morning: ...

Laugh till your sides ache in Rwanda

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From ROGER DISKI Visited Iby' Iwacu , the ex-poachers village near PNV, today. What a welcome! The star attraction is the 67-year-ol...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Wild Madagascar

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The BBC's 3-part Wild Madagascar , narrated by David Attenborough, begins at 8 pm tonight. Looking forward to close-up views of Madagas...

Chimps of the Lost Gorge

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We were impressed by last night's 'Chimps of the Lost Gorge' in the BBC's Natural World series . The footage was amazin...
Saturday, 5 February 2011

Authentic Holidays

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Bridge & Wickers' Roger Diski discusses some of the ways in which real, local experiences enrich a holiday in The Daily Telegraph ...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Lionesses Kill Croc to Protect Cubs, Duba Plains, Botswana

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Three lionesses pounced on a crocodile in an extraordinary scene after the reptile tried to attack one of the pride's cubs. The prote...