Adventures of an Expat in South Africa
I recently came across this picture in a Johannesburg supermarket (thanks Bing!):
So I thought I should match each of those pate cans with pictures I took of the actual animals you’ll be eating. I’m not judging. Just filling in the missing pictures.
| Ostrich |
| Springbok |
| Crocodile |
| Kudu |
You’ll have to ...
Pilanesberg Game Reserve is only about two hours from Johannesburg (adjacent to Sun City) and a great way to view animals if you don’t have time or money for a stay at a game lodge. No bookings necessary, you just drive ...
An excellent half-day excursion from Joburg is a visit at the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre near Hartebeesport Dam. We recently toured it while my brother and kids were in town. Not only did we come home with many new impressions and facts ...
As 2010 is coming to a close, we are finding ourselves once more in Madikwe Game Reserve. My brother and his three kids are visiting from Germany and we are eager to experience this great adventure together. Our lodge offers a little more luxury than the bush camp of my photo safari in October ...
Weaver birds (Ploceidae is their scientific name and they are related to finches), are found pretty much everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa. As the name suggests, they are excellent weavers, as can be seen in their intricately woven nests - some of them entire colonies stuck together. They are fast builders, too, with nests often going up in the space of a few hours.
Here is the second part of my Madikwe photo safari pictures:
(By the way, if the slide show is turned sideways on your screen, it is likely an Internet Explorer problem; it is perfectly fine in Chrome or Firefox).
I don’t know about you, but whenever we’re moving someplace, the first thing I’m checking out is the weather. Yes, education is important, so I researched a lot of schooling options, and yes, you don’t want to die either, so in the case of South Africa I researched safety as ...
As I was lying in bed all night, wide awake, at times squeezed from both sides by equally wide awake (and fidgety) children, I had ample opportunity to listen to the animal sounds wafting trough the open windows: A variety of birds, one of which sounds JUST like Kevin in the movie UP, a meowing cat, ...