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The Safari Symphony- The Okavango Delta, Botswana
Aug 26, 2010
Despite the stillness of the water, there’s no sound of silence. Insects skim across the reeds with a soft buzz and woodpeckers…
Category: Africa
The Okavango Delta From the Air
Aug 21, 2010
The world’s largest inland delta, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, from the sky
Drifting Along the World’s Largest Delta
Aug 17, 2010
The Okavango Delta is the world’s largest inland delta. Between reeds and palm trees, “the Delta” in Botswana nurtures crocodiles and herons, impala and elephants, locals and, for a while at least, me. While wildlife is abundant, electricity is scarce. So, here’s a taste of what I’ll be blogging about in the weeks to come [...]
Unusual Journeys: Swimming to South Africa
Jun 05, 2010
Well, I thought I was a pretty active and adventurous person, scaling ice walls and climbing mountains and even managing the staircase after a busy day in the hospital.
Then I heard about Rob…
The Myths of Zanzibar
May 24, 2010
In Zanzibar, curved triangles glide across the horizon every evening, the silhouettes of sails rather than sharks…
In Essaouira, the colour is…
Feb 26, 2010
In Morocco, the colours dazzle.
Marketplaces, in particular, fire up my photoreceptors faster than I can manage to take photos.
How Whales Saved Fishermen
Feb 18, 2010
Pedro Martina’s sun-worn face lights up as he grabs my shoulder and points into the distance.
“Three of them are under the water now,” he says. It’s certainly not the first time Pedro has hunted whales…
Memories of Moshi
Oct 30, 2009
Remember the time when a photograph was something we held in our hands, waited for weeks to see and then painstakingly arranged in albums we could touch? Or in my case, at least, stuffed them in a cardboard box somewhere with great plans to do all that at some vague point in the future.
