Southern Africa

Just bought a new kikoi

By Janet Carr on August 22, 2020 • ( 4 )

I have had the same kikoi for about 13 years now and it is getting holes in it now from washing and wearing it so often. So I took myself to the local African shop and bought another one. I… Read More ›

The Big Five and The Little Five

By Janet Carr on May 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

The phrase ‘the big five’ came about during the era of big game hunting, where lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino were the hardest to hunt – leopard being hard to find and all of them being dangerous. There was… Read More ›

I love these vases

By Janet Carr on May 20, 2020 • ( 1 )

I like these vases by Onetic design. I have a feeling they could look pretty kitschy if you didn’t style them correctly, though and I don’t have the instinct to avoid that. But they are so beautiful. My favourites are… Read More ›

Animals enjoying the COVID-19 calm in the Kruger National Park

By Janet Carr on April 18, 2020 • ( 3 )

I love South Africa’s Kruger National Park. I have only been there twice – for a week each time – but it remains one of the best experiences of my life. The park is the largest game reserve in Africa… Read More ›

Happy Easter!

By Janet Carr on April 12, 2020 • ( 1 )

Wishing all my readers a wonderful Easter in these different times. I guess many of us are not celebrating Easter as we usually do, but I hope your weekend has brought you some happiness. We would normally have been travelling… Read More ›

Typical cat!

By Janet Carr on August 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

Vetpaw Rhino Rescue

By Janet Carr on July 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife (Vetpaw) is involved in this translocation of a significant amount of critically endangered black rhino. They are going to Buffalo Kloof Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, where they will be… Read More ›

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