Is it January yet?
Posted in Scotland on Dec 26th, 2006 No Comments »
Well, Christmas was a bit of a non-event here. The highlight was coconut french toast for lunch, and the low point was the burning smell emanating from my laptop’s power supply.
Archive for December, 2006
Things we learned on safari – Part 4: The Rest!
Posted in Travel on Dec 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Here’s the grand finale of this four part series on our safari experience. to attract a predator, cry like a baby – it shows weakness, and the leopards, lions and hyenas will come running with some peri-peri sauce you can tell male and female zebras apart based on the pattern of stripes around their bum [...]
Things we learned on safari – Part 3: The Animals Marketing Forgot
Posted in Travel on Dec 24th, 2006 No Comments »
If you go to South Africa and fail to see all of the Big 5, there is consolation for you: you can find all 5 in your wallet, on the rand banknotes. The Big 5 were indeed impressive, but the safari wasn’t all about them – we saw so many other animals, including this tiny [...]