2010

I have a new years resolution this year, and it's one I will definitely keep; I am going to do a course that will give me the qualifications to work in the tourism industry as a eco-tour guide! This will give me the opportunity to pass on some of my own enthusiasm for the natural environment to others. Nature is the most potent force and we humans need to re-learn how to live with it if future generations are going to have anything left to enjoy, perhaps with the exception of films and books. Imagine poring through books to see what our ancestors saw regularly; how sad would that be. Some people may already know that sensation.............

Yet more travel pics

A fishing dhow, Vilancoulos, Mozambique

 

My family, Zomba Mountain, Malawi

A homestead in the Tete Province, Mozambique. New thatch bundles are stored on the roof of a hut

Pelicans fishing in the Urema River, Gorongosa, Mozambique

Catching a Mozambique Spitting Cobra in Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa, Mozambique. I released the snake into the park far from camp

Hippo, Shire River, Malawi

Elephant enjoying a swim, Shire River, Malawi

Even in national parks people drive too fast, this red necked francolin becomes an unfortunate victim to a thoughtless driver

Happy New Year!!

All the best for 2010 everyone! I hope it is a good year and brings you all everything you hope for. A special thought to people everywhere who are less fortunate, may your lives be enriched and full.

More Travels in Africa

A Little Argus Reed Frog, Mozambique

A view overlooking Monkey Bay, Cape McClear, Lake Malawi

Exploring the hills overlooking Monkey Bay, Lake Malawi

A beautiful, dainty Nyala doe, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

A lovely Bush Buck doe (Bush Buck is the common name) same family as the Nyala, above. Mozambique

A male Warthog foraging for food

Crownd Cranes in the Urema flood plains, Gorongosa, Mozambique

A group of baby Water Buck, Gorongosa, Mozambique

Apart from the malaria, everything else; the climate, the people, the big open spaces; paridise! and we lived there, I grew up in that bush. I obviously have something on my mind, pleasant thoughts I imagine. Now I live in one of the most built up areas of the UK, all in the name of a secure future? Who am I kidding, give me the uncertainty any day

The sunsets never get boring

My eldest son (right) and his friend from Australia with a Baobab tree in the back ground

Snorkelling in the crystal clear waters of Lake Malawi

 

Fishing at a dam near Chimoio Mozambique

The view from the lodge we stayed in on Benguerra Island, Mozambique

Pansy Island, Mozambique. So called because of the Pansy shells found there. This Island is only above water at low tide.