Travel, Photography, Conservation and Random Thoughts
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Stories from Africa
Virunga. A place that inspires fascination, desire, fear. That pulls at the heartstrings of many adventurers, a place that echoes Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. For it is a magical and beautiful place, hauntingly so for its story s often enshrined with violence and tragedy. This Chapter was very much unplanned, celebrating the life of a brave brave man who’s job it was to protect people as they climbed one of Africa’s most active volcanoes, Mt Nyiragongo.
What do you do when a gigantic,’ magunta’, enormous centipede ends up as a stowaway in your suitcase on a trip home from Malawi? And that it ends up - somewhat confused - in the middle of the carpet in your brother’s bedroom at 11pm on a Sunday evening? Well. Tried and tested - so feel free to read on for some tips if it every happens to you…
What do Painted Dogs and King Lycaon of Arcadia have in common? Greek mythology meets wildlife conservation in Africa with a bit of a twist in this Story from the Bush.
A series of short stories from the bush on all things wildlife, anecdotes, conservation, centipedes in the bed, tsetse flies in the mosquito net….new ones published here and there to share a part of the bush with my words. I hope you enjoy!
