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TELL US WHERE YOU'VE BEEN msafiri would love to hear from you! If you have any fantastic pictures from KQ destinations that you would like to share, then please send them in with a caption and we will publish the best ones in future issues of the magazine. Send your favourites to: photos@ travelafricamag. com Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 48 msafiri Two South African photographers, Chris van Rooyen and Koos van der Lende, have been highly commended in the 44th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, widely regarded as the leading event of its type, which in 2008 attracted a record 32,351 entries from 82 countries. Van Rooyen and Van der Lende's pictures are just two of the 83 images from the competition which have been chosen for the subsequent Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which runs at London's Natural History Museum until 26 April 2009 ( info on 020 7942 5000, or visit www. nhm. ac. uk/ wildphoto), before touring various regional and international venues, including South Africa. ALSO CONSIDER… Teach Yourself Business Mandarin Chinese Sarah Carroll ( Teach Yourself) This all- audio course ( on three CDs) offers a solid grounding in contemporary Mandarin Chinese for businessmen. The CDs come with a 128- page supplementary booklet containing a transcript of the audio, along with an accompanying book with tips on etiquette and business culture. 2 TOP TRAVEL READS l1 france Nicola Williams ( Lonely Planet) Newly revised for 2009, the eighth edition of Lonely Planet's guide to France remains one of the company's most popular books. As we've come to expect from Lonely Planet, not only is France stuffed full of useful information and travel tips on all the major towns and landmarks, including a large section devoted to Paris, there's also lots of insider knowledge, drawn from local interviews, about the country's lesser known places and customs. For the first time there's also a colour food chapter highlighting the way that fine dining and drinking are central to the French way of life. habariinspiration l2 Travel Photography Steve Davey ( Footprint) Written by acclaimed photographer Steve Davey, this book covers everything you need to know about travel photography, as well as being packed with inspirational pictures and anecdotes from many years on the road. There's a good overview of all the relevant technical stuff, plus information on post- processing your pictures and ideas on making money from them. Contents are broken down by technique and style rather than by destination, making it easy to find the right techniques for the pictures you want to take. Koos van der Lende/ Natural History Museum Chris van Rooyen/ Natural History Museum