Towering minarets and dazzling tiled madrassas have long drawn foreign travellers across the desert sands to Samarkand.

Towering minarets and dazzling tiled madrassas have long drawn foreign travellers across the desert sands to Samarkand.
Sophie Ibbotson files her first trip report for us as she explores a Botswana safari experience by flying into its remote camps by light aircraft.
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