Stories, photographs, travel notes, and safari reflections from Doug & Marcy

WHY YOU COME TO AFRICA

Africa, why? I heard that from more than one person when asked about our next trip. The picture blog below answers that question. Our guide said that he had never seen elephants swimming. We watched two different packs swimming across the Chobe River, just 30 yards in front of our boat. There is a little […]

BIG ON BOTSWANA

We left Zimbabwe behind this morning and now we are in Botswana. Every picture and place that we have visited so far in Southern Africa pales in comparison to Botswana. The wildlife and scenery are spectacular and our accommodations are absolutely out of this world. We spent the afternoon and evening cruising down the Chobe […]

THE SIGNATURE DISH OF SOUTH AFRICA

Marcy and I finally had someone take a picture of both of us and looking at the suddenly pudgy version of myself, I am reminded to comment on the food here. A disclaimer to any native South African reading this post is that certainly, I am looking through a VERY narrow window here. You are […]

THE GRASS MENAGERIE

It is 4:30 AM and it looks like I am the first one outside on this cool, quiet African morning. As I learned later, I could have looked up to see the Southern Cross for the first time in the bright sky overhead, but that did not occur to me. Instead, I just wandered over […]

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