Category Archives: background
When I was out jogging the other day I started thinking of all the adventurers and explorers I’ve been so inspired by and how they’ve had to go through such hard work to prepare themselves physically before their journeys. When they’ve been out jogging, they’ve been dragging four car tyres from a belt around their […]
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
I recently posted these photos on my website and I thought I might as well post them here too. I wanted to announce the Wayawaya project on my website but didn’t really know what to write so I simply said that we’re going from this… […]
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Monday, September 26, 2011
I’m back after a weekend that would best be described as an emotional roller-coaster. There was granddad’s funeral on Friday, which was very sad but nicely arranged. At the same time as it was tough seeing everyone being sad, it was nice seeing my relatives. Then I got to hang out with my family being […]
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
I’m afraid of spiders. I have a fear of spiders and of the dark, which might make it sound like a not so thought through idea to move to Africa, since you get a lot of both there. Dad always says it’s funny I can’t be around spiders when I’ve patted wolves, walked with lions, […]
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Monday, September 12, 2011
A while back a friend, Max, raised the relevant question of why Brian prefers the Land Cruiser to a Land Rover. Which he does. With a passion. I’ll leave it to him to one day elaborate further on the topic but for now, maybe this will give you a hint of the strength of a […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
…Here’s a good movie to watch! When Nelson Mandela does his first year as president of apartheid torn South Africa he realizes he can use the national rugby team to unite the nation. Morgan Freeman does a great job, as always (here acting as Mandela). Matt Damon struggles slightly with the accent but also does […]
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Today is a Sunday like any other, a chilled breakfast in front of the tv before we head off to our different horse powers. Me going to the stables, Brian going to the garage. But it’s also September 11th and everywhere you turn there are reminders of the WTC attack. Last night we picked up […]
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
I always knew elephants were remarkable animals but I never paid much attention to them. I’ve always been very interested in and fascinated by predators, like wolves and their African equivalent, the African wild dog. But a couple of years back there was a documentary on tv where a camera hidden in a fake pile […]
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