Tag: south africa
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A Cape Town whirlwind of wine and re-connection

We arrive into Cape Town a day after horrible weather has whipped up the sea and blown everyone about. And for our four days at the tip of Africa, the sky is blue, the mountain without a table cloth and the May weather unseasonably mild. If the Cape wanted to put on a show, this…
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Lessons in living bravely from elephants and lions.

Three weeks spent enjoying the African bush gives you plenty of time for reflection. And there is much they can teach us. Like living life to the full, before we run out of teeth.
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The African Elephant
I wish I wrote well enough to describe the majesty of the African Elephant. I wish I had enough persuasion in my pen to make those who seek to destroy this magnificent animal for the sake of ivory chopsticks, a symbol of recently acquired wealth (but a devastating lack of wisdom), sit back of realise…
