CONTENTS
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DEEP, DARK SECRETS
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THE LIFE AQUATIC
We wrote about them five years ago as a curious investment idea and now SA truffles are ready to hit the table – at R6 000 a kilo.
If luxury lies in the unusual experience, the Maldives has a bucket list to beat them all. Fancy swimming with whale sharks, anyone?
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MASTER STROKES
What’s SUP? If you really need to torture your abdominal muscles into shape, nothing beats doing it on a board.
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MAC THE ‘NOSE’
Put André Wiesner in a room with master distiller Ian MacMillan and you have an outrageous blend of fine whisky and tales beyond the bar.
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THE HARE’S BREADTH
Collecting Japanese netsuke may seem like a slightly arty obsession until you do your sums. They sell for more than a pretty penny.
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MIND-BLOWING
A tale of a man with a love of pure sound and a keen grasp of aerodynamics.
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SHOWING SOME TEETH There’s a dog breed so extravagantly priced and so fierce that it might be wise for their owners to give them a bodyguard rather than a bone.
Bertish’s 350km ‘proof of concept’ paddle was self-sufficient – he carried solar panels, water, food, and communications and navigations equipment on board (page 60).
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PHOTOGRAPHY: CRAIG KOLESKY/NIKON/LEXAR