Our last session of paddling was a mere 6 kilometres to our final destination, Nyamepi Camp in Mana Pools National […]
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African shoestrings – Zambia Day Eighty Six Victoria Falls
Apart from the shopping and of course the many energetic activities associated with the falls itself (like bungy jumping, white […]
African shoestrings – Zambia Day Eighty Three Livingstone
We were now into the final day of the Audi tour and the final trip was from Kasane to Livingstone. […]
African shoestrings – Botswana Day Eighty Two Chobe
Audi had arranged a local tour guide to take us on a game drive into Chobe that afternoon and then […]
African shoestrings – Botswana Day Eighty One Chobe
Eventually our time was up and we had to leave this pleasant existence. We were canoed back to the village […]
African shoestrings – Botswana Day Seventy-Eight to Eighty Okavango
The Delta itself reminded me of a vast flooded field with pockets of dirt that support large trees and palms. […]
African shoestrings – Botswana Day Seventy-Seven Okavango
Whether it’s because of the high fees they charge tourists or their natural resources of diamonds, copper and nickel, all […]
African shoestrings – Namibia Day Seventy-Six Botswana/Namibia
At Rundu we saw for the first time since the Fish River now some 1200 kilometres south a riverbed that […]
African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Fourteen
The next morning we awoke just before daylight after an eventful night. Thunderstorms had followed us there and dumped rain […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day one
Last time we flew to South Africa via Qantas we were upgraded to business class. No such luck this time! […]
African shoestrings the plan part one
Early this century at the ripe old age of just over 45 we backpacked around South and East Africa on […]
The A-Z of places: Botswana
Canoeing on the Okavango Delta Makoros Peek-a-boo Lion
Photo tip no 4
Camera shake! The enemy of a clear photo. Most people take pictures and look at them on the camera’s rear […]
Photo tip no 3
Cameras need light and when there’s not enough of it the picture taker has a couple of options. A tripod […]