2021 Autumn

Gaboon Viper

Klein-Kariba

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Post published:April 1, 2022
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Evil or death is more difficult to find than you may think. Even if you know it is present, you struggle to identify it. But you can feel its presence in the air - it makes your skin crawl and your hair stand on end. You know it is there. BUT WHERE?! Anette and I arrive at our son's place in Edenvale, Johannesburg. Tomorrow is his 29th birthday. We have been looking forward to celebrate it with him. He has been living in Joburg for 16 months now and it is a very special day for us. He suggests we…

The Dornier

Pretoria

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Post published:March 14, 2022
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As we drive past the total nobody, our thoughts inevitably lead to the times in the past when we reminded ourselves that, in the bigger scheme of things, we are all nobodies - you are mistaken if you think you are, or should be, more important than others. We are all equal in the eyes of God. I will show you where to find the total nobody when I get to that point in my story… We depart at check-out time from Shingwedzi. We drive via Mopani rest camp to the Phalaborwa gate of Kruger in the hope of seeing…

Shingwedzi Rest Camp

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Post published:February 17, 2022
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If you were a poacher or gun-runner a hundred years ago, this would have been one of your favourite places to go. Nowadays, Crook's Corner is still an interesting place to visit. But I am running ahead of myself. We drive up for a short distance along the Olifants river and then continue north along the Letaba river. We see many animals and have another close encounter with elephants. There are lots of water in the veld which still attests to a good rain season before. We stop at the Letaba rest camp for coffee (we never miss the opportunity…

View from our bungalow

Olifants Rest Camp

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Post published:February 2, 2022
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This was what I planned for my sixtieth birthday. Enjoying one of my favourite views with a glass of wine while time has stopped and I can be sixty forever with the love of my life on my side. And I am now exactly doing this, with the exception that I am sixty-one. We leave Pretoriuskop early and head for Skukuza and then on to Tshokwane picnic site. It has been renovated recently and sports a shop and outdoor restaurant serving light meals. One can sit under a big thatch roof or on benches next to the river. Again, be…