This is a rather common bird, especially around urban areas, they have done particularly well adapting to human ways of life. I find this is probably one of the prettier pigeons found further South of South Africa. With most doves
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Googly eyed and array of colour, who can’t resist a chameleon…
They are often so hard to spot around the foliage and easily overlooked, with their placid nature and all-round integrating interest I find them irresistible to watch. The way they can look around with each eye independently, change colour and
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Cultural outlooks – Himba’s in Namibia
Today western culture is starting to take over, but what is western culture, we don’t even know our own rules, customs and practices anymore. With technology taking over every aspect in our lives, customs have been turned upside down and
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Fond memories – Aquila private game reserve…
Aquila private game reserve is not just another travel place to me, rather a place where I started to stand on my own two feet, many characteristics of my life changed during this chapter of my life. I worked here
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Let’s talk money, the costs of Iceland and how I went about it….
Everyone travels differently and put emphasis on what they find important to their trip, especially working within a budget of any kind, you will have a criterion that often takes priority to you whether it accommodation, food, activities or the
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 10…
This day was a day of relaxing in town and seeing local sights. I spotted a zoo that had arctic foxes, visiting the Husdyragardurinn park and zoo was a little different to what I have seen before, the park side
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 9…
Thingvellir National Park, I stumbled upon the more commercial side of the park, which did put me off a little to start, walking around the main walks at the entrance. I enjoyed driving through it more and saw there was
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 8…
Picking up from yesterday I was booked and ready to do the next boat trip hoping to see some orca’s and sperm whales that can be found in this area. I had some time before the trip, so I got
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 7…
Hungry to see more whales I did some more research, finding out Olafsvik offers great orca and sperm whale sightings, I couldn’t resist. Setting off very early in the morning (yet a little late) driving 430km only to find out
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019), day 6…
Today was a relax and watch whale’s day with a planned trip with Arctic sea tours in Dalvik. I went a little further north as I was early and was in the mood for a bit more scenery and everything
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019), day 5…
Making my journey towards the north of Iceland to enjoy some much anticipated whale watching trips, that I’d soon discover to be addictive, with a few pit stops along the way. Krafla volcano, when you arrive and see beautiful blue
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019), day 4…
This day was more a transit day filled with driving, and not many stops, but a very welcomed extra activity. Eggin I geledivik, as I have a love for birds, I couldn’t skip looking at giant granite eggs from birds
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 3…
The day started as the last day ended, in creepy suspense. This time of year, Iceland is still a little quiet, and many said that Wow airline closing has also limited flights to Iceland, therefore they are quieter than usual,
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Embarking on a South African adventure adding in Eswatini for good measure, pre-travel plans…
Planning a holiday is always rather stressful, with trying to find an all-round agreement between all parties, where they would like to go and what they would like to do, allowing for everyone to enjoy what they expect from a
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019, day 2…
Today it was all about putting those walking shoes on and exploring some waterfalls. It may sound a bit repetitive visiting more than 5 waterfalls, as how interesting could it be watching water falling on every occasion, I would have
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Iceland – Once in a lifetime trip (16.05 – 26.05.2019), day 1…
I have been meaning to write this for a while, even before the trip I have been brainstorming a few ideas on how to jot it down onto paper for all to read. Although it would be a lengthy one
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For the twitchers – Jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
First of all, you must admit, what a name! Though there is a perfectly innocent explanation behind this name and alternative names if you would prefer. Jackass comes from the donkey like call that these penguins use to communicate, whilst
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Bursting with colour and life – Kew gardens…
There are some splendid gardens dotted all over the United Kingdom, each with their own personal touches that set them apart from each other. It’s sometimes hard to say things are a persons favourite, especially myself as I often try
Read MoreMangoes and 100, what could this unusual duo have in common…
South Africa, a country with so much wonder ranging from city life, wildlife and sunny coasts. Being so large that local airlines help you get from one side to the other, one being Mango airline. I find this a rather
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Babylonstoren, a garden to enjoy and strive for…
Situated in South Africa, Klupmuts and nestled between Simonsberg Mountain range and the Berg river, this beautiful 3.5 hector garden is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms. This garden is still a working garden with over 300 varieties of
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Wildlife treat – Black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)
Last week I wrote about one of the scariest critters that are found in our homes before it rains, the trusty rain spider, today the tables turn and we face one of Africa’s ugliest animals. Though this award is said
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Crawly critters – Rain spiders, a critter from nightmares
These rather large and bold spiders can come across as fierce, just by looking at them. With their enormous size, when provoked they have a display that can be quite daunting with their general size being made larger, legs lifted
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English countryside – The Yorkshire dales, Hawes
One of the more talked about places I had heard about in England was the Lake district, with huge open countryside, beautiful waterfalls, wildlife and filled with history. I went there about a year ago in January where we were
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Fishing – catching it hook line and sinker…
Southern Africa has some of the best game fishing to offer, with many fish migrating from the west coast to the east coast of Africa to breed, whilst other species stay in fresh waters where they are sort after for
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Wildlife photography – Birds
Photographing nature is always a challenge, they don’t listen to pose requests, care about lighting guidelines and sometimes they just know when you’re about to press the capture button, taking off that very last second. In wildlife photography, I find
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Botswana – One of the strangest countries
Coming from South Africa and hearing foreigners say, ‘You’re from Africa’ as if I was from another planet. Often asking where do you live, in a house or with the lions? Does it ever rain? Do you have any stab
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For the twitchers – African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
There are few sounds that you hear that just make you think of Africa, the beat of the African drum, a zebra’s call and the African fish eagle. If you don’t think you’ve ever heard the call of a fish
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Giant African land snail, a bit too big for the average leaf…
Snails we think of as pesky critters, eating our beautiful garden plants or delicious swimming in garlic butter sauce. The Giant African land snails is more like a lawnmower or in food terms a large T-bone steak. This snail can
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Pilgrim’s rest – A place once full of gold and promise
Pilgrims’s rest is a village situated in Mpumalanga province in South Africa, it is one of many marvellous stops on the Panoramic route. In the late 1800s and early 1900s this village was part of the gold rush days where
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Lion (Panthera leo) – King of the jungle, really?
These iconic cats are known by everyone, but where did ‘King of the jungle’ come from? Lions are mainly found in savannah and the open plains of Africa, unlike its other relative the tiger who actually lives in true jungles.
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