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Africa

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The long and pot-holed road

I wasn’t too impressed at three o’clock in the morning when someone suggested that this journey would be a great story for my grand kids. Sitting by the side of a dark road with cars whizzing by, waiting for the car in front to change a tire while listening to the constant click of [...]

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Well, actually no tigers, and no bears (who needs bears anyway, if you’re from Canada) and frankly, only one lion. But still! Wild Animals! Safari!
We celebrated a first free weekend by going to Pilanesberg National Park, a couple of hours drive from Johannesburg (add an hour for sitting on a road, waiting for [...]

German Children Try to Elope to Africa

There’s certainly more than enough bad news in the world these days, and my supremely pessimistic grandfather finds it all and makes sure I know about it, but there was one indisputably charming news story yesterday, which came from Germany.
Anna-Bell and Mika decided to go to Africa to get married, tired of wintry Germany and [...]