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 [...]
Botswana – The Okavango Delta
Day 3 we flew from Johannesburg to Maun, Botswana, and then transferred to a bush plan for the quick [...]
An African Safari with Micato
Where to begin? We departed Boston on an Emirates flight through Dubai, which was an experience in itself. Our [...]