Author Archives: I’m sitting along the bank of the Zambezi River, looking out onto those golden yellow island grasses studded with awkward, patchy green trees. Beyond, Zambia, its rocky mountains silhouetted in the dusty, red late afternoon African sun. A light breeze keeps me cool, the river smell refreshes me, and the occasional laughter from a hippo […] This blog entry will not be good. It will not be beautiful, nor will it be witty. It will not paint a picture of a new culture or place or tell of some recently-obtained moment of clarity. Its purpose is merely to inform you – my friends and family – that I will likely not […] My, how time has flown. It seems like only yesterday, I arrived, tired and jet-lagged, onto the farm. I remember so many things from that first day – the dusty, scorched earth on the side of the road from the airport; being bombarded by Christoph and his love of Ben-10 at the airport; being dragged […]  Mozambique – for some, the name might conjure up images of civil war, dire poverty, guerillas warriors hiding out in jungles; but for me, Mozambique will forever more be associated with images of pristine turquoise beaches with smooth white sand, coconut and banana trees lining the coast, unspoiled islands, coral reefs teeming with fish, traditional […]  Today I got to see something quite cool right here, on the farm – bushman cave paintings! Who were the bushmen? They were the indigenous inhabitants of Southern Africa. Short in stature with a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, they roamed the plains of Zimbabwe for over 1000 years before anyone else set foot on these lands. In […] |
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