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Into the Wild – Part Two
March 3, 2013
I needn’t have worried about sleeping in on day two of our safari; I was crawling around in the brush outside our hut with my camera just after dawn. Heaven. My heart stopped at least twice when the grasses that brushed my ankle mimicked the tickle of spider legs, or the slither of a snake…but thankfully […]
Into the Wild – Part One
February 4, 2013
January 7, 2013: the day I checked “safari in Africa” off my bucket list. Deciding which game reserve to visit when planning this trip was no easy task. Jody consulted all the tourist advisory websites, and as you may expect, everyone extolled the virtues of Kruger National Park, with everything else apparently paling in comparison. […]
Desperate times
January 12, 2013
The experiences we had on our safari were so varied and unique that we were hard-pressed to name a favourite. However, Jody and I both wrote on our feedback form at our lodge that seeing the white rhinos was the highlight for each of us, and it was. We caught sight of the mother and […]
Boulders Beach Penguins
January 10, 2013
Times have changed. When Jody was last here, part of the attraction of going to see the African penguins at Boulders Beach was the physical interaction with them. It was possible to walk along the rocky beach where they lived, and even swim in the water with the small birds. Sounds idyllic, but the reality […]
