• Knowing why I get up in the morning?
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    Knowing why I get up in the morning?

    Truthfully, I find it easy to get out of bed in the mornings, but I can’t say that I always get dressed….Somedays, I can stay […]

  • Let’s stop using the word retirement !
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    Let’s stop using the word retirement !

    Only last week I received a WhatsApp message from a friend in Australia, asking if it was true that I had retired. Although, marvelling how […]

  • By popular demand…
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    By popular demand…

    …here I am adding to my blog. Something I will attempt to do at least once per week, although mindful that the theme is ,’ […]

  • UN14 : Life below water : Madagascar
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    UN14 : Life below water : Madagascar

    A few people have asked me if I will continue the blog after I return from Namibia. I have been overwhelmed by the positive comments […]

  • Reflections
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    Reflections

    Today I leave my ‘digs’ in Namibia for what will be a 33 hour journey of long flights and poor connections to get home. I […]

  • Spirit of a nation – Namibia
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    Spirit of a nation – Namibia

    I have now travelled Namibia for four weeks. A time when I can only scratch the surface, but these are my observations. Firstly, the Church […]

  • Tracking leopards.
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    Tracking leopards.

    Two posts again today. One and a half hours south of Otjibamba is the Okonjima Nature Reserve, where the AfriCat Organisation is based. The reserve […]

  • How do you hide a giraffe?
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    How do you hide a giraffe?

    From the Cheetah Conservation Fund we drove to the Otjibamba Lodge, two hours south of Etosha, where I would spend two nights of R&R. No […]

  • In memory of Sivas
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    In memory of Sivas

    2 posts today! Sivas was a very handsome example of a Turkish breed of dog called a Kangal. Lost to us in March of this […]

  • The Great White Plains
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    The Great White Plains

    Finally, I make it to Etosha National Park. Etosha meaning the Great White Plains, referring to the huge salt pan at its centre. A lake […]