Notes from the island.

Zanzibar · 6 min

The hour before the dhow

Why we leave Stone Town at an unfashionable time, and what the channel does when the sun is still deciding.

Zanzibar · 5 min

Red colobus, Jozani morning

A forest that is not a zoo, a ranger who does not perform the monkeys, and why we go early.

Senegal · 6 min

When the lake turns pink

Lake Retba is a colour, a livelihood, and a week we will not fake. How we decide to send you.