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Wild life

Wild life

13 August 2011

10:00 AM

13 August 2011

10:00 AM

Indian Ocean

On Hassan’s dhow, shaped like Vasco da Gama’s caravel, I can forget about dry land for a fortnight of holiday. If I could, I’d give it all up and set sail for the outer islands — to Aldabra, to the Chagos, to Socotra. And then I realise I am beached without my old friend Lorenzo Ricciardi.

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