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Mind The Donkey

Mind The Donkey

“Mind the donkey” yells my husband as I narrowly avoid hitting the sad-eyed mule as he steps into the road on an apparent suicide mission.We are driving from Johannesburg to Inhambane, Mozambique for a bit of a beach break, hoping to get in a few dives at the same...

Take A Walk On The Wild Side….

Take A Walk On The Wild Side….

That line from Lou Reed’s brilliant album Transformer has a rather different connotation to that which I am talking about here . A walk on the wild side in Africa, specifically Tanzania in this case with Wayo Africa, offers the visitor the following : On foot you...

Abandoned in the Masaai Mara

Abandoned in the Masaai Mara

It is Kenyatta Day in Kenya, October 20th. Actually it is now known as Mashujaa or Heroes Day. Big celebrations are to be held in Nairobi and as a result, the government have declared that Nairobi air space be closed for much of the morning. This meant my flight from...

Malawi

Malawi

I was last in Malawi many years ago. I fell in love with it then… and recently I fell in love with it all over again. It is known as the warm heart of Africa and what impressed me most when visiting this time around is that despite the trials the country is facing at...

Mind The Donkey

Mind The Donkey

“Mind the donkey” yells my husband as I narrowly avoid hitting the sad-eyed mule as he steps into the road on an apparent suicide mission.We are driving from Johannesburg to Inhambane, Mozambique for a bit of a beach break, hoping to get in a few dives at the same...

Take A Walk On The Wild Side….

Take A Walk On The Wild Side….

That line from Lou Reed’s brilliant album Transformer has a rather different connotation to that which I am talking about here . A walk on the wild side in Africa, specifically Tanzania in this case with Wayo Africa, offers the visitor the following : On foot you...

Abandoned in the Masaai Mara

Abandoned in the Masaai Mara

It is Kenyatta Day in Kenya, October 20th. Actually it is now known as Mashujaa or Heroes Day. Big celebrations are to be held in Nairobi and as a result, the government have declared that Nairobi air space be closed for much of the morning. This meant my flight from...

Malawi

Malawi

I was last in Malawi many years ago. I fell in love with it then… and recently I fell in love with it all over again. It is known as the warm heart of Africa and what impressed me most when visiting this time around is that despite the trials the country is facing at...