It shocks me now to think how Eritrea and Ethiopia have descended back into a bloody war over the last few years again or a struggling and distrustful peace, over a small piece of disputed territor…
Monthly Archives: May 2016
South Africa – everything is all right
Click here you want to see the first post in this chapter Kirsty had taught me the need for patience and lack of speed in safariing. There is no way you will ever see anything more than a large h…
South Africa -how to keep a giraffe to yourself
South Africa – Sunrise Safari
Next morning after a surprisingly easy sleep, I awoke to a five o’clock alarm, and gathered my pieces together to head for the Bucky . I thought I would try and beat the rush but first rays of the…
Source: South Africa – Sunrise Safari
South Africa – Sunset Safari
I got checked into Olifant’s, and took a rather nice Rondavel style room, air con and mosquito nets included; how to camp in the bush, eh? And headed for the shop. I had intended for weeks to bu…
Source: South Africa – Sunset Safari
South Africa – The young gun
But it was still not true safari – it was a hike. So one night we clocked off early and with a couple of Robin’s friends who had just survived two long haul flights from the States via London, we …
Source: South Africa – The young gun
South Africa – Picnic in the Rift Valley
South Africa – Memories of my first safaris
When the animals started drying up and the scenery became repetitive, there was always the bird life, which even in the heat of the afternoon was lively. Grey hornbills, hooting its characteristic …
South Africa – Bush and Biltong
To get off the escarpment meant another drive of forty miles along its top. The front having moved on we were left with bright clear cool skies, and I took advantage to look out once more at the…
Source: South Africa – Bush and Biltong
South Africa – Resting with the Pilgrims
I drove on over the Lydenburg pass, a winding but tarmacced road which led back to Sabie and I travelled the last few miles to Pilgrim’s Rest. After a cold shower and a read, I thought I would go …