The start of the end.

I feel a little sad at this being the start of the last month of the year.

In my personal and work life I think 2013 has been my best year. I succeeded in keeping off the 70kg I shed last year, I did my best work on the PR front and as a travel writer, I went kayaking in Madagascar, cruising the Baltic, mountain biking in the Cederberg and, most recently, on horse-back safari in Bela Bela, got up close and personal with the elephants and wild dogs of Madikwe and spent the most dreamy three days on the Zambezi.

I suppose what makes me sad is the fear that next year will some how be less although there is nothing to indicate that it will be.

Here are some pictures from our travels: