Category Archives: Southern Africa There is something about seeing an animal in the wild that is unspeakably special. Perhaps it’s the feeling that I am in the only one in the world experiencing this moment, and that, had I passed this way but a moment before or after, I would have missed it. Our first night in Hwange National […]  I’m sat in my own bed. I have clean hair and shaved legs. The cats are sat, purring, at my feet.All is calm, all is quiet.Alex left Zimbabwe today to return home. Our trip is over, work has started again. Life is back to normal. What a strange feeling, that after almost a month of […] I was planning on writing a blog entry tonight. It was going to be a mundane entry about my routine here in Zimbabwe and my upcoming trip to Egypt. I was going to describe how I have been fairly content here these past few weeks – doing lots of horseback riding (including in the rain, […]  Things just look better in Cape Town. It probably has something to do with the coastline. I had seen photos, and always assumed that they had been photo-shopped and color enhanced. But the scenery that I saw was just as spectacular as the photos, maybe more beautiful even! The rugged, rocky coast jutting out into […] I had a very interesting conversation with one of my boss’ maids, Hilda, after leaving “Wild is Life Game Park” last Wednesday. I was showing her pictures of the animals and enthusiastically talking about the cheetah and the kudu. She paused, thoughtfully, and asked, “Why is it that white people treat animals with more respect […] |
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