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Monthly Archives: May 2014

Africa

Lunch time in Malawi

22 May 2014 admin Leave a comment

Along Lake Malawi, there are many villages which range from quite tumbleweed kind of places to busy villages with lots of commerce, taxi?s and people milling around. Around midday, i look for somewhere to stop and get to have an interesting coversation, or two…

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The carpenter, Malawi

22 May 2014 admin Leave a comment

was enjoying a relaxed ride along the shorline of Lake Malawi from Nkhotakota to Nkhata Bay. Out of the corner of my eye i thought i saw a guy hollowing out a tree trunk, so being a little nosey, i turned around to see what he was up to…

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I met Jean and Claire Nortje near Middleburg, South Africa, on a weekend away to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210702417/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The A7 takes you through the Mikumi National Park in Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14394719522/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Steve Armitage and Tony Howes make it to Cape Aghulas • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15267060891/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Benedictte by a mural to the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210541160/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I stay with Paul in his village of Logumgum, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14248591237/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The road from Kigoma to Mpanda, just outside Mpanda is sandy • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14563469361/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Riding along the Queens Mile at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14537435743/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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Benedictte chilling in the street by the latrines in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417308333/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>

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