Category: South Africa

Back to Los Angeles After a South African Safari After a butt-numbing 36-hour travel day (which, technically makes it “days”), we are home from

Guess what? After two weeks photographing the animals on safari, I can hear their thoughts! Today we fly home. Blech. Last night we had

We’re nearing the end of our trip. I’m in mourning. When traveling, I become romantic and bold. My hat sits at a jauntier angle.

They had to pry me out of our More Quarters Hotel apartment in Cape Town by the bloody stumps of my fingers. People in

Traveling can be The Agony and The Ecstasy. Just so you don’t want to garrote us for galavanting in the sub-tropical South African veld,

I never understood why anyone would fly 24-hours from California to the African bush only to potentially be eaten. After three days at the

I write this missive from the veranda of the Lelapa Lodge in Madikwe. It overlooks the South African safari bush. The air is redolent

Hello, South Africa! After a six-hour flight from Los Angles to New York, and a fourteen-hour flight from New York to Johannesburg, the eagles

We awoke at the crack of a gnat’s ass this morning. Stumbled about preparing to depart on the first leg of our South African

On Wednesday, should all the stars align, my family and I will be boarding a plane DESTINATION AFRICA! I don’t really believe it. It

My family and I are going to Africa in February, which I won’t believe until I land. In August of 2000, I had the

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