Chobe National Park, Botswana, June 12, 2016 They are in the trees, in the marshes, at the waterfront and in the bush. There are animals and birds and reptiles and predators everywhere it seems. Large and small, winged and four-legged, with tails and without, equipped with horns or not, with or without claws, they are … More These Gentle Giants
Chobe National Park Botswana June 9, 2016 9:30 am Game drives are usually scheduled at godawful hours of five in the morning and then again at a more civilized hour in the evening just before sunset. So there we were huddled into our fleeces in the chilly hours of the morning, driving into the park … More When Predator Turns Prey
Chobe National Park Botswana June 8, 2016 My plans for travel are loose at best but this time around I seem to have surpassed myself. Travels through Zimbabwe had been completely at random, on the advice of locals I met along the way but now, I thought I would make some rudimentary itinerary for the … More Botswana at Random
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe June 7, 2016 Rising in the far western corner of Zambia, the Zambezi thunders through Angola, skirts Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe and curving its way through Mozambique finally empties itself into the Indian Ocean after more than twenty-five hundred kilometers. Somewhere along its journey is a place that the natives of these … More The Smoke that Thunders
Kyle National Park Masvingo, Zimbabwe May 31, 2016 Halfway between the Muunze Forest Lodge and town is a small game park called Kyle National Park and in it are a variety of wildlife. Rhinos, giraffes, zebra, kudu, warthogs to name a few. The wild hippos who had swum toward us threateningly a few days ago … More On a Game Drive
Chamavara Cave, Masvingo, Zimbabwe May 30, 2016 The San are the indigenous peoples of southern Africa. They were hunter-gatherers who had territories that span present-day Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa. In most places they lived, they left behind legacies in the shape of paintings and carvings on rock faces and caves. … More The Tales that Rock Arts Tell
Mutirikwi River, Glenlivet May 29, 2016 What was meant to be a two-day stay has turned into a week-long stay. I had arrived at Muunze Forest Lodge entirely by chance and had met Amy, Jared and their lively eight-month old baby Lea. The days have vanished in chilling and sharing stories and laughter, a craft-making … More Hippos, Crocs and Other Animals
Muunze Forest Lodge at Glenlivet, Masvingo, Zimbabwe May 26, 2016 I had been dropped off at some arbitrary street in Masvingo from the bus headed to Harare. As usual, I was at my organized best. Armed with no book, no map, no phone, I had to resort to asking a random people on the street … More Where Baboons Come to Call
Beit Bridge, South Africa – Zimbabwe May 24, 2016 Rumour has it that crossing the border from South Africa to Zimbabwe at Beit Bridge takes ages, typically three to four hours. And the bus companies understandably do not want to wait on the passengers, so they insist on passengers having a visa before they board … More Don’t Read the Fine Print
May 22, 2016 Johannesburg, South Africa Recent history going back at least a couple of decades and possibly longer has always painted Johannesburg in shades of danger. I remember conversations with other travelers from more than a decade ago of how nobody stops at traffic lights because they would be shot at. Of how muggings … More Hackles at Half Mast
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