This year so far 26 rhino have been poached for their horns, and a far greater number in Southern Africa. It is so hard to pay security guards enough given the price of horn on the black market

Plunging into the warm, clear Galapagos waters we were all amazed by the intense playfulness of the sealions, rushing at you headon into your goggles before twisting away at the last minute, and they would mimic the swim turns of those who could dive deep enough to be with them!

Walking amongst the nesting birds as visiting sailors have done for centuries certainly is a time warp. This Albatross just watched … and observed … as we did, neither of us feeling the need to move, or feeling we were violating each others space …. or that is how it seemed. She will fly off the cliff edge and spend countless days on the wing roaming the oceans, we will hobble off to a boat!