Well, I’m back from the most fabulous experience. I learned such a lot about African wildlife and birds, and that was down to our lovely guides – mostly Ali and Simon. They are both English, and are now loving life in the bush. I’ve always been fascinated by people who ‘up sticks’ and do something completely different, and it was […]
One of our duties at Thanda was to help out with conservation there and in the community. I’ve cleared chromolaena, an alien plant that smothers all other plants, litter picked along the road that runs through the reserve, and pulled up onions from the garden in one of the communities that we have a relationship with. The onions smelled amazing:) […]
This weekend there was a trip to neighbouring Mozambique and one of the staff members needed to go with them. As I hadn’t been before and it was my last weekend, I volunteered to go. It was a 3 hour journey to the border, then almost an hour to do the visas and have our passports stamped. First of all […]
Well today has been a ‘once in a lifetime’ day! African Impact were involved in a Community Day, which was a bit like one of our Eistedfodds but with extremely loud music, (think rock concert level) a hall packed with about 800 people, and vaguely organised chaos! On our way up to the community (the equivalent of a village back […]
Last month I had 6 photographers on the project, and on our very first game drive we had a wonderful sighting of a lone impala at the brow of a hill. It’s very rare to see impala without assorted grasses, twigs and branches either in front or behind them, making any photographs quite ‘busy’ and distracting. This was a wonderful […]
There are so many trees here at Thanda I decided to dedicate one drive each month to photographing them. Here are my efforts. Clicking on a photo brings it up full size. Below is the fever tree. It has the most beautiful pale green bark and really stand out from the others. It’s called a fever tree because the early […]
All around me is birdsong. When out on a game drive I often just sit and listen when we have stopped. The lodge is full of little sparrows and swallows and they swoop in and out over our heads, perching on windowsills, lamps, chairs and pecking anything that they can. I often have a little bird perched on a nearby […]
37 years ago, my parents moved to Hong Kong on a contract that was for 2.5 years. I joined them 6 months later, and spent a year out here. Despite Mum & Dad staying here for a total of 14 years, and me only staying for one, it holds a very special place in my heart and I couldn’t wait […]
So many times in my life I’ve met or read about people who either live somewhere amazing, have a job that takes them amazing places, or simply have the means and the time to go somewhere amazing. Now of course, it may be a case of ‘the grass is always greener’ but I’ve always been envious. So, when the opportunity […]
