Two years ago, on August 12th, 2012, World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the plight of the African elephants and Asian elephants. While much is publicized about the poaching of these amazing animals, there are other dark sides – treatment in captivity (as we’ve seen many videos […]
On the day of checkout, you can choose to relax, sleep in or like me, get up one last time for the 5am wakeup, ready for the 6am game drive. Safari is the ultimate example of FOMO (fear of missing out). My young friend laughed at me when i said […]
The Garden Route in South Africa is one drive that everyone tells you to do during your visit. As I did not want to rent a car and drive the three day trip alone, I signed up for a tour. The tour ended up being me, a pensioner from Australia […]
Prior to joining the cruise on the Zambezi River, we had a bit of time and I may have gently pushed for tea time at the Victoria Falls hotel as I was having some withdrawal from sweets and the cake tower seemed right up my alley. Helen was from England […]
Having done walking safari, boat safari, I was ready for the jeep safari at Chobe. As with the other mornings, I was dressed in layers, slathered in sunscreen and bug repellent with my backpack full of supplies, excited and ready to go. I quickly consumed a power bar for breakfast and met […]
Day 2 on my Okavango Delta Walking Safari at Oddballs’ Camp begins at 5:30 (wake up call/visit to tent) with a light snack/coffee before heading out at 7am to start the first of two walks today. My breakfast of champions this early is a power bar that I brought with me. […]