Memorable Moments in Africa
There were so many but let me start with the funny ones. If you haven’t read The Legend of [...]
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Steve and I toured the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden with Steve Lake and Nick, our other guide from Micato. [...]
The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
After our morning with Christo Brand we strolled to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a vibrant and hopping part [...]
Touching History – a Meeting with Christo Brand
I remember the day in 1990 when Nelson Mandela was released. I was in Jamaica and witnessed the celebrations. [...]
The Legend of Scaredy Squirrel
Our Micato guide Steve Lake hates rats. His grandfather scarred him for life by telling him how the rats [...]
Red Hill Library and Community Centre
In South Africa, townships are racially segregated residential areas, primarily for non-white populations. Townships were created during the apartheid era [...]
Penguins and Cape Point
I could live in South Africa. They have penguins. I’d always wanted to see them in the wild. Don’t [...]
Cape Town and Stellenbosch
We arrived in Cape Town on a full-sized airplane and Steve Lake introduced us to our next driver and [...]
Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls
The Makololo tribe called it ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’, or the smoke that thunders, where the Zambezi River falls into the gorge [...]
Botswana – Machaba Camp
On, our Gomoti driver, got us to the airstrip and our unexpected transport to Machaba Camp, a helicopter. I’d [...]