Category: Safari
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Overheard on Safari II
I have been collecting sayings for a while, there is magic and wisdom in half-overheard conversations or in great one-liners delivered in wild spaces. We seem to be able to breathe more freely in the wild and that’s when real life advice or just very odd phrases come out. Either way, they have all been…
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Overhead on Safari I
Since as far as I can remember I have been a collector of people’s sayings. My grandmother used to have a book where she would write down famous quotes and sayings, and we would always be fascinated by the content. True to the way she was, she collected mostly insightful sayings with some sort of…
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Al agua.
Durante mucho tiempo me hizo falta el agua. Dicen que el agua son muchas dualidades: curación y sufrimiento, protección y vulnerabilidad, cambio y constancia, silencio y rabia. El agua en todo su esplendor es considerada purificadora del alma. Y así como el vaivén del agua, así a la deriva yo. De nadar a hundirme, de flotar…
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The leopards and the genets.
One of my favorite things in the bush is the random, unexpected sightings. To this day they are my most favorite thing about being on safari. By “random things” I refer to the events you witness that seemingly don’t make sense when you focus on just that small piece of the puzzle, but become much…
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Son sesenta.
El 24 de Septiembre es “Heritage Day” en Sudáfrica, día en que todas las culturas que conforman la nación arcoíris celebran su diversidad cultural. Coloquialmente los sudafricanos se refieren a este día también como “Braai day” por su incesante ambición de celebrar todo día feriado con una parrilla; nada une más a éste pueblo que…