Everyone has heard about the Big Five, but what about the elusive eleven? Here is a look at the bush’s secretive, primarily nocturnal creatures. How many have you seen?
Falling ill has a way of bringing out our inner child. When we find ourselves sick and away from home, the desire for the familiar can be overwhelming. Our hard earned holiday has gone askew. Getting sick while traveling in can be particularly overwhelming and it’s best to be prepared.
Travel is a choice and one that I make as often as work and life allows. In a bout of introspection, I have been examining what motivates travel – the need to jump on a plane and go at every possible chance. It seems that there could be a scientific explanation.
Due to late summer rains, the area was lush with green grasses and flowers and this is what attracts thousands of zebra from over 300 miles away to trek from as far away as the Okavango Delta and Namibia. As soon as the grasses die and the water evaporates they will trek back to where they came from. This is the African bush that I have come to love and in this remote corner of Botswana I felt connected to the wonderful web of life.
Rain was predicted during my entire trip to Leadwood Lodge in the Sabi Sands (a private concession adjacent to the Kruger National Park). Normally this would elicit a bit of dread, but given that South Africa is gripped by the worst drought in over 100 years, rain was a welcome prediction. A few drops of rain in no way impacted our leopard sightings and leopards were the reason why I was here.
On the odd weekend I am in Johannesburg, I usually spend Saturday working which explains why it has taken me so long to to visit the highly recommended Neighbourgoods Market. This is the kind of hip place where friends gather on a Saturday for good food, conversation, and day drinking.