Botswana 2014

In the old Peace Corps days, we were hard-pressed to find any vegetables in Botswana besides cabbage and onion. Our choices of meat were beef,

We were enthralled and enchanted as we watched this group of males clean themselves and each other seemingly for hours.

We have now completed the “Ugly” list and have checked off the Spotted Hyena along with those other unfortunate animals considered too ugly for even

A short distance on we came upon the leopard resting under a bush. Enthralled we watched him for a good hour. Every wink, ear twitch,

The “Five Ugly Ones” is an endearing name given to a group of animals that are considered too ugly for even their mothers to love.

I know I will never learn all the birds’ names, be able to identify the different scat, and save myself if a water buffalo charges,

There is nothing quite like bathing in an outdoor shower and then sitting on your deck in your fluffy towel watching elephants fifty yards out

One of the more interesting conservation projects here in Southern Africa is the dramatic attempt to save the remaining rhinos.

Mots, or Motswani, refers to himself as a River Bushman who grew up with a semi-nomadic family on the edge of the Kalahari desert. His

There is no mistaking that you are in a tent with nothing but canvas between you and the wild world on the other side. It