Category Archives: South Africa

Cry, His Beloved Country

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Pam

Rarely — perhaps once every two or three generations — the precise leader we need, to shepherd us through a perilous passage, appears. Yet more rarely — perhaps once every two or three centuries — we truly and unequivocally follow, … Continue reading →

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Can’t believe my son missed out on…

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Pam

Bokdrol Spoek Competition. I’m working assiduously now on organizing pictures and putting them into photo books (I am, um, up to Zambia thus far), and, wanting to confirm my identification of a particular photo, I googled “image + impala poop.”  (Yes, … Continue reading →

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Gentle Giants

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pam

As I mentioned a few posts ago, we’re actually home right now for a brief stint… including one bar mitzvah, one 18th birthday, one wedding, Hannukah, Christmas, a visit from my brother and his Singaporean family, and several school visits … Continue reading →

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Indian Ocean

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Pam

We did, finally, get there. The water was indeed much calmer than on the Atlantic side. Didn’t see a single shark. “Warm,” however, it was not. We had a good time playing on the giant dunes.  I’d never done that … Continue reading →

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Rough riding

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Pam

(We’re actually home for a brief stint… but will try to catch up on our pent-up pending posts before talking about that…) Ostriches are central to the economic and social history of the Karoo region, so I thought visiting an … Continue reading →

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Hands on experience…

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Pam

Stella is the animal lover among us. Ever since we got to Africa, she’s been dying to see a cheetah. Now, we’ve seen an awful lot of super cool animals in truly natural habitats.  But cheetahs are among the most … Continue reading →

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Spelunking

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Pam

… another reason to visit Karoo… (Emma opted out of this particular excursion.  She tends towards claustrophobia, even before she heard the legendary-but-true story of the woman who got stuck in one of the narrow tunnels for eleven hours before they … Continue reading →

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View from Karoo…

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Pam

(We’re finally back to a wi-fi zone here.  With luck, I’ll be able to play catch up.) We’ve been driving around the Western and Eastern Cape, starting with an inland route through the Karoo. Here’s Jonah doing his reading on … Continue reading →

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Just Passing Through

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Pam

We’re traveling across the Karoo these days.  The Karoo is comprised of breathtaking scenery, bewildering geology, olive trees, windmills, and a whole lot of ostriches (which are commonly alleged to be native to South Africa, which turns out to be … Continue reading →

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Two oceans… ish

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Pam

Throughout Capetown, we heard, regularly, that the swimming is better on the Indian Ocean side.  The water is warmer on the Indian Ocean side.  The surf is less dangerous on the Indian Ocean side.  There are fewer sharks on the … Continue reading →

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