Simon REEVE Griff Rhys Jones

Simon REEVE Griff Rhys Jones

COMPASS by COX & KINGS TRAVEL TRAVEL & KINGS COX by COMPASS Griff Rhys Jones In Petra PEnguin CLASSiCS Falklands’ wildlife New culinary holidays – with the experts Holidays featuring former MasterChef MasterChef Travel is an inspiring new collection of culinary holidays, revealing contestants in 2014 the wonders of the world’s great food destinations in the company of experts Andrew ‘Koj’ Kojima – Thailand Simon REEVE and fellow food lovers. Masterchef Travel holidays are not competitive – they Ash Mair – Spain are an opportunity to spend time with local experts who share their passion for Dhruv Baker – India & Mexico cooking and provide an authentic understanding of their region’s cuisine. The “I’m ridiculously lucky” James Nathan – Vietnam holidays also include plenty of time for exploring many of the countries’ most Keri Moss – Turkey & Morocco captivating sights. Larkin Cen – China A number of holidays also feature MasterChef personalities and on the right is Sara Danesin Medio – Italy LET’S DRIVE a list of former MasterChef contestants who will be taking part in trips in 2014 and the destinations where you can join them. Coastal Canada MasterChef Travel tours are superb value, with prices starting from just £995 per person for the 4-night Inspiring Istanbul. For full details, visit mastercheftravel.com or call 020 7873 5005 Ash Mair SPRING 2014 SPRING MasterChef Travel © Shine Limited Licensed by Shine 360° Operated by Cox & Kings Travel Limited travel news • reviews • interviews R&J A4 ad revised_Layout 1 27/02/2014 17:56 Page 1 “AN UNMISSABLE EVENT” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH RAYMOND GUBBAY AND THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL PRESENT My Magnifique Voyages English National Ballet Derek Deane’s breathtaking production ROMEO &JULIET staged in-the-round Principal casting includes Carlos Acosta & Tamara Rojo Vadim Muntagirov & Daria Klimentová Friedemann Vogel & Alina Cojocaru For Principal casting information, view website for details. Discover our latest magnifique openings From Bali to Berlin, from dubai to montevideo, from singapore to Rio... 11– 22 June Life is magnifique around the world. www.sofitel.com Royal Albert Hall 020 7838 3100 royalalberthall.com AP_Sof247_145x200_cox&kings_42xxx.indd 1 18/02/14 16:47 ContentsRepeat | SP titleRING he 2014Re Welcome to Compass There’s truth in the old saying travel broadens the mind: experiencing other cultures and climates inevitably makes us look at our own lives with new eyes. But sometimes it is the destination as much as our perception that changes, and in this issue of Compass we take a fresh look at some of these exciting places. The Falkland Islands for example. Most British people immediately think of the 1982 invasion, but dubbed the Galapagos of the South Atlantic, this sprawling archipelago is re-emerging as an exciting wildlife destination, as Mark Stratton discovers (p53). For many years Ethiopia remained off travellers’ itineraries, but as the country’s magnificent Unesco-listed Omo valley becomes increasingly popular, Sue Watts reports from Ethiopia’s newest destination, Bale Mountains National Park (p44). When I met Simon Reeve recently he was just setting off to Ethiopia, for part of the Sacred Rivers series he’s currently filming for the BBC. It was fascinating to hear how he went from being an investigative reporter to one of the BBC’s star travel presenters (p14). And just as interesting is legendary comedian turned travel presenter, Griff Rhys Jones, who enjoys a dusty adventure in Petra for Compass (p28). There’s also MasterChef: The Profesionals winner Ash Mair explaining his love of Basque cuisine (p80). Elsewhere in this issue, we float down the Mekong delta (p38), spend a perfect day in India (p48), take a leisurely drive along Atlantic Canada’s coastline (p60), and share our water with naughty monkeys in Indonesia (p58). Along with a round-up of all the latest books, gadgets, travel news and competitions, the spring issue of Compass is packed with information and inspiration. And wherever your inspiration takes you, please write and tell us about it, we love to hear from you. Jennifer Cox, Editor www.coxandkings.co.uk/COMPASS COMPASS 3 Contents | SPRING 2014 Contents Spring 2014 34 60 Journeys Life 22 SPAIN | 48 hours in Malaga 48 INDIA | India in a day 14 GUEST TRAVELLER | Katie parsons explores one of the stephen McClarence suggests Simon Reeve world’s oldest cities some of india’s most memorable on why he will never follow in experiences Michael palin’s footsteps 28 JORDAN | Into the valley Griff Rhys Jones marvels at the 53 FALKLAND ISLANDS | Animal 66 ART TOURS | History island marble of petra antics of the South Atlantic andrew allen reveals sicily’s arabic Mark stratton on the Galapagos of and norman influences 34 COOK ISLANDS | the south atlantic Desert island discs 80 FOOD | Ash Mair aaron Jennings finds there’s more 58 INDONESIA | Journey to the MasterChef travel’s Basque expert than picture perfect beaches centre of the earth on spanish cuisine sasha Wood discovers the delights 38 VIETNAM | Delta force of Java and Bali 86 UK | Step back in time liz Boulter savours one of asia’s Christopher somerville on the most fertile regions 60 CANADA | Home from home Gower peninsula, south Wales paul Wade explores the coastal 44 ETHIOPIA | Beauty and the beast delights of atlantic Canada 98 ONE GIANT LEAP sue Watt discovers the african english national Ballet dancer nation’s indigenous wildlife Zdenek Konvalina travels to California 4 COMPASS COX & KINGS TRaVEL Contents | SPRINg 2014 DON’T simon Reeve ash Mair Ben Kane MISS... p14 p80 p70 80 44 26 News & views Reviews 7 DEAR COMPASS 90 CHARITY SPOTLIGHT | 72 BOOKMARK Your letters and stories Sporting chance From survival stories to celebrating sonya timms on Magic Bus in our beautiful planet 8 NEW DIRECTIONS Mumbai’s slums What’s new at Cox & Kings 77 WANTED ON VOYAGE 92 SOMETHING TO DECLARE a little luxury for your carry-on 18 THE HOTLIST Michael Booth considers the best in travel this season Danish happiness 77 BEAUTY SPOT Rejuvenation for springtime 26 SIX OF THE BEST | 94 BEHIND THE SCENES Local markets the timeless appeal of 86 A TASTE OF THE WORLD our experts pick their tower Bridge Wines from France and favourite haunts south africa 70 COMPASS POINTS Ben Kane on how he brings Competitions ancient Rome to life 12 TRAVEL IN FOCUS 80 NOT TO BE MISSED Winning images and your chance Forthcoming events around the UK to win next time & the latest food news 77 BAG IT Win a Briggs & Riley suitcase 96 COMPASS CROSSWORD Cryptic brainteaser www.coxandkings.co.uk/COMPASS COMPASS 5 eDITORIAL | SPRING 2014 Compass Contributors SPRING 2014 From Not the Stephen author Michael Ben Kane Nine O’Clock McClarence Booth’s books was born in News and Smith is an award- include: Just Kenya, raised and Jones to winning As Well I’m in ireland and Three Men in travel writer, Leaving, which worked as a a Boat and scaling 15 British contributing regularly to The saw him travel to istanbul vet before travelling the peaks for Mountains, Griff Times and Daily Telegraph. and back in the footsteps world indulging a passion Rhys Jones has enjoyed a specialising in the UK’s small of hans Christian andersen; for ancient history. author long career as a comedian and market towns and gently Sacré Cordon Bleu, a Parisian of the best-selling Forgotten thoughtful traveller. having just fading seaside resort, stephen cooking memoir; Sushi and Legion and Hannibal series explored his Welsh roots for is also a big fan of india, Beyond, a food journey of historical adventure novels, itV and accompanying book which he has visited more through Japan; and Eat, Pray Ben’s books are born from Insufficiently Welsh, Griff takes than 20 times. preferring Eat, nominated for British his obsession with Roman time out to discover the rosy byways to highways, in this travel press award in 2013. in history. and roaming history delights of petra for Compass issue he shares his favourite something to Declare (p92), … as he explains in Compass (p28). spots (p48). Michael probes the Danish points (p70) happiness myth. www.benkane.net Liz Boulter has worked for the Guardian’s michael-booth.com @BenKaneAuthor saturday travel section for 14 years, regularly @themichaelbooth Facebook.com/benkanebooks writing travel features for its pages, as well as its sunday sister title the Observer. specialising in southern europe and asia, in this issue of Compass, liz floats along the colourful waterways of the Mekong delta (p38). The Compass Team EDITOR Jennifer Cox STAFF WRITER Katie parsons ART DIRECTOR Joanne Francis DESIGNER ines Menendez PUBLICATIONS & WEB EDITOR James innes Williams COMPASS ONLINE Kimberley hay ADVERTISING Mark stacey ILLUSTRATIONS Matt Broersma WITH THANKS philip hamilton-Grierson, nigel hosking, sasha Wood, ON THE COVER Gentoo penGUins, eleanor Day, John patterson, Balaji Kandasamy, the FalKlanD islanDs peter hilton, louise stanion, neill prothero, Katie liddell, thomas saunders, Jonathan Fitzsimmons, ellen Cross, Vessela Baleva, Michael allford and sara Danesin Medio PRINTER Colophon www.colophon-uk.com IMAGE CREDITS nick Gregan (www.nickgregan.com), William Whitford, eleanor scriven, Robert harding, istockphoto, Bigstock and shutterstock EDITORIAL ENqUIRIES [email protected] Compass is published by Cox & Kings travel ltd, 6th Floor, 30 Millbank, london sW1p 4ee. W: www.coxandkings.co.uk/compass t: 020 7873 5000 F: 020 7630 6038. 6 COMPASS COX & KINGS TRaVEL DeaR CoMpass | NEWs & VIEWs Dear Compass... star letter Dear Compass, My husband and i are lucky enough to take one big holiday a year with Cox & Kings, it’s the highlight of our year and we spend many months looking forward to it. this year we’re going to Brazil. We’ve partially been inspired by Michael palin’s excellent BBC series, but we’ve dreamed about seeing the amazon for years.

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