https://www.scmp.com/rss/326171/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “If you are charged by an elephant, you must run and throw off your clothes,” says Junhito Timbane, recalling how he escaped an enraged tusker by stripping off as he fled through the bush. Timbane is trainee manager at Anvil Bay, a community-owned barefoot beach camp that seems to grow from the coastal forest at Ponta Chemucane, on the fringe of Mozambique’s Maputo Special Reserve. “One bull in particular is a dangerous bugger,” adds manager Dave Wylie, as we swap tales over dinner, our table a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2138345/african-wildlife-reserve-recovers-ruin-war-elephants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2138345/african-wildlife-reserve-recovers-ruin-war-elephants?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:16:46 +0000 Puttering into Porecčon a peppy red Vespa scooter, I plunge from cobbled streets onto a tiny piazza shaded by date palms and myrtles. A wel­coming line of gelato sellers and outdoor cafes is set out under awnings, brilliant in the warm late autumn sunlight. In the harbour, elegant schooners, megayachts and old wooden fishing boats bob gently in an Adriatic Sea of Hockney blue. Feeling as carefree as Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday, I sling my jacket over my shoulder and set out to explore the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2126866/vespa-tour-croatia-and-slovenia-offers-taste?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2126866/vespa-tour-croatia-and-slovenia-offers-taste?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jan 2018 02:16:05 +0000