Destination: South Africa

Gallery: Africa

Sat, 7 Jan 2006 | By scottie | Photo Gallery

The African Safari

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 | By scottie | Views [1948]

Basically I spent a few nights in Joburg which wasnt as dodgy as i expected but i didnt really get out into the city.   I then flew up to vic falls where i met with our tour group.  The other guys had already been touring for 40 days before I arrived ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Tavia

Wed, 3 Nov 2004 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1913]

Tavia Cruising the chilly streets of Crossroads Township , the bus winding its way to the tiny bar where they wanted us to spend money, we babbled on about the traditional music and food we’d just experienced on our tour of this ... Read more >

Tags: south africa, Writings (true or otherwise, poetry or prose)

the love of a lifetime: South Africa

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [753]

cheesy firehouse 80s rock aside, i have found the love of a lifetime. South Africa. this is the only place i have ever traveled that feels like a place i could live. every moment here, every stop is even more incredible and beautiful than the last.... Read more >

Tags: cape town, elephants, emily predny, great white shark diving, kruger park, predny, south africa

heaven and somewhere else.

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [922]

so at the start of this branch of adventure, the official announcement is that we have extended our travels together until Nov. 15th. the two extra weeks hopefully sunning the the wild adventureland that is madagscar. south africa. so i am going ... Read more >

Tags: aparteid museum, benoni, emily predny, johannesburg, predny, south africa, soweto, surfing, transkei

Going Home

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [777]

We are somewhere over North Africa (or maybe the Alps?) in the next to the last row of a Lufthansa 747.   The back row is our preference since it is usually vacant and you can lie down and spread out.   I actually got several hours sleep thanks to ... Read more >

Fahad Game Farm

Tue, 13 Jul 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [1588]

  We finished the student house on Friday and were feted last night at a braai where Ann gave us ‘ A Day in Africa and   Spots Before Your Eyes,   co-authored by her and Howard Buffet with a forward by Dr. Jane Goodall.   We also met Ron Magill ... Read more >

Life in the Compound

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [809]

I have only six more pieces of tile left – the ugly cuts around the kitchen and several rooms of trim.   We hope to be finished on Thursday. After work we stopped at the ‘compound’ to take pictures of Jackson’s baby and ended up taking shots of ... Read more >

Brooke

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [937]

Nothing much exciting has happened since our return from Dwalbroom (which means‘last tree’, the southernmost baobab) with Kellie and Deon.   We worked at m ore tiling, grouting and cleaning.   I took Parks’ kids, Carumbo and Caroline (even when I saw ... Read more >

What's Wrong With Cheetahs?

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [2633]

Despite the fact we haven’t been dealing with the care and feeding of cheetahs on a daily basis and our field work has been minimal, you can’t help but learn something when you are around so many dedicated researchers.   DeWildt is the premier cheetah ... Read more >

Field Work

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [853]

Yesterday, our first day of tiling, was a bit of a disaster.   Not only do we hurt, we also pretty much suck at tiling.   So we’ve left for Atherstone Game Reserve in Limpopo 250 kilometers from DeWiltd to work with Deon and Kelly.   As soon as we ... Read more >

Carpe Diem

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [688]

It is the first day of winter and, surprise, it rained during the night.   Will my jeans ever dry?   There isn’t much to report on.   We finished all the little painting chores on Saturday and Sunday and joined Noel, Helen and a dozen of their friends ... Read more >

Happy Birthdays

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [840]

Today is my birthday - another year older, and what a year it has been. Vanessa’s 40 th birthday party got a little out of control the other night but no harm was done – except to her head.   There were tons of food (although no one admits to eating ... Read more >

Visitors from Home

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [653]

It’s catch up time for the journal.   We’ve been busy and it’s been hectic around here.   Emmett, Marsha, our friends from Colorado, and their crew arrived on Saturday and to judge by the preparations you would think it was a visit from the King. ... Read more >

Close Encounters of the Lion Kind

Wed, 2 Jun 2004 | By johnandconnie | Views [644]

Overnight what I thought was a jackal in the trash turned out to be a honey badger whose reputation for raiding thrash cans has earned him mention in the official Etosha guide book.   Our long day began at the waterhole at 3:30am.   It seemed like ... Read more >