Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011)

On Sunday 25 September 2011, Kenya and Africa lost a true leader and visionary. For those of you who don’t know, Wangari Maathai was a “Kenyan environmentalist who began a movement to reforest her country by paying poor women a few shillings to plant trees and who went on to become the first African woman […]

Hey Mom . . . wait for me!

This post is part of  Kalahari  Series II – 2011. The previous post in the series is Nossob. Also see Kalahari Series I – 2009. Date: 18 August 2011 – Approximately 09:00 Place: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. On a game drive north of  the Grootkolk wilderness camp (see map).  On the left side of the road is […]

Caption this . . .

Thanks to everyone who entered. Again it has been a very difficult choice. The winner of the second Caption this . . . is Laura from Unlikely Explanations with the caption: “Sooner or later, we’re going to have to tell him he’s adopted.” Congratulations!!! When you spend time watching animals and birds in the bush, […]

Nossob

This post is part of  Kalahari  Series II – 2011. The previous post in the series is Slip-Slap-Slop-Slide and other Bush Beauty Tips. Also see Kalahari Series I – 2009. In Kalahari Series I – 2009, I wrote about six of the unfenced wilderness camps in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park or KTP (read those posts here). […]

Caption this . . .

Firstly, let me say that you all did great. It was a good selection of captions. In fact so good that I kept changing my mind about who the winner would be.  But I had to pick, so the winner of the first Caption this . . . is Clouded Marbles with the caption: “Is […]

Read this . . .

In this installment:  An unusual camping/road trip and sunglasses for little and big people. This week I’m going to introduce you to Trinity River from the blog The Serenity Game. She describes herself as “. . . a woman of a certain age living and loving in Texas . . . Recently, it came to […]

Hercules, the 100 kg baby

This is a guest post by Willie for Notes from Africa In South Africa rhinos have been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. The poaching of rhinos for their horns is as tragic as the shark finning story recently featured on this blog. Totally senseless with no significant benefit to anybody, except […]

Slip-Slap-Slop-Slide and other Bush Beauty Tips

This post is part of  Kalahari  Series II – 2011. The previous post in the series is Campfire story: The Last Outpost. Also see Kalahari Series I – 2009. I know this is not the normal kind of thing I post on my blog, but let me explain. Bush beauty is all about surviving the […]

Read this . . .

This installment of Read This includes: An expat goes home on vacation, paper architecture and a test: how good is your English? The first story comes from Kirsty who has a blog with the interesting title of 4 children, 20 suitcases and a beagle. According to her profile . . . “Kirsty is an Australian […]

Campfire story: The Last Outpost

This post is part of  Kalahari  Series II – 2011. The previous post in the series is The Long Road North – Upington to Twee Rivieren and beyond. Also see Kalahari Series I – 2009. Our 2011 trip to the Kalahari was a little different to our previous trips. We found out after we had […]