March 23, 2011
On Safari in South Africa: Spotting African Cats
I had heard the spotted cats were particularly difficult to see on a safari. After our luck with lions, I didn’t want to get my hopes...
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March 21, 2011
On Safari: King of the Jungle
On safari in South Africa last spring, we were lucky enough to see one rather docile lion on our very first game drive. We thought that might...
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February 28, 2011
The Garden Route: Paddling to the Indian Ocean
Before I get to today’s main attraction, I have a little announcement to make… Yay! Appropriate timing, as the announcement was...
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February 21, 2011
The Garden Route: Baboons Take to the Tee
After leaving our new monkey friend behind in Plettenberg Bay, we headed back down the road an hour to Knysna. Here, we finally took a bit of...
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February 16, 2011
The Garden Route: The Monkey Who Ate Our Lunch
This is the fourth stop on our trip along South Africa’s Garden Route. If you missed the eco-lodge in Gansbaii, the ostriches in...
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February 11, 2011
Backpacking Morocco: Marrakech on a Shoestring
In 2005, the year I met SVV, my friend Megan and I were studying in Holland. Megan, daughter of an Air Force officer, had lived all over...
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