Monthly Archive: December 2010

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The Whistling Rats of Rooiputs

In 1284, so the story goes, the town of Hamelin in Germany suffered a plague of rats. A little man dressed in a motley pied costume arrived in town and offered to rid Hamelin...

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Two porcupines and a bottle of red wine

I often wonder if folks who look at photographs of animals and birds have any concept of the patience and endurance required by photographers to get their amazing shots.  Until Rob and I started...

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The Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

Last week Namibia had a public holiday, so Rob and I decided to visit the Daan Viljoen Resort which is about 30 kms from Windhoek.  We were gratified to see how green everything was...

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The Ju/’hoansi Bushmen of Tsumkwe

We came across the Ju/’hoansi Bushmen at Graskop quite by chance.  We’d been traveling on the C44 towards Tsumkwe when we were stopped at a veterinary check point.   After exchanging pleasantries with the...

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Chobe National Park – Botswana

In previous blogs we have talked about our wonderful holidays in Botswana, in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Central Kalahari, as well as up in the Savuti area.  In all these places the...