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Article: POSTCARD FROM PARADISE; Stuck in traffic? Maddened by noise and stress? For five weeks Max Hastings lived a million miles from 'civilisation' deep in the African bush. Here, in this evocative and magical dispatch, he provides a tantalising glimpse of a simpler, more spiritual world modern man has long forgotten . . .
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2004
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Byline: MAX HASTINGS
EACH morning began with the chiding chuckle of Henry the Hornbill, as we christened him, high in an acacia beside our room shortly after six. Soon afterwards, Henry fluttered down to perch on the window frame, and hammered fiercely on the glass.
He did not tap. Instead, addressing his own reflection, that bird's big, ugly beak banged so hard that we expected him to break through at any second and shooed him away.
The sharp, glittering early light is one of the greatest beauties of Africa, a revelation each time the sun rises beyond the hills.
Pulling on jeans and boots, we walked down to the stables - no more than ...