Outtakes

Outtakes - Beyond the Karoo

This is the section of Karoo Space that does not feature windmills, meerkats or donkey carts. This is where we fly to exotic destinations around the world - or embark on  overland journeys to other parts of South Africa and Africa at large. Feel the heat on Bourbon Street in New Orleans; take the air up in the Khyber Pass on the Afghan border; search for Orang Utans in the jungles of Borneo; jiggy-jump with the Maasai of Kenya; come sailing on the high seas of the Scottish Hebrides - and drive the Coconut Highway up to the northern reaches of Mozambique. Above all, come and see the world with us - before we return to the magic space that is South Africa's Karoo...

I Wish I Was In New Orleans

Despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina and the environmental threat of the BP off-shore drilling catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the City of New Orleans battles on with a brave face, a cold beer and a sugar-dusted beignet. Chris Marais has been to New Orleans twice in his youth – and can’t get The Big Easy out of his mind…

Photography by Chris Marais