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Lion and Rhino Reserve Krugersdorp South Africa

Caption This Photo, And Receive My Very First Postcard from South Africa!!

This funny photograph was taken by my husband while we toured the Lion & Rhino Reserve in Krugersdorp. The best 3 captions (and maybe a couple more if you’re all just brilliant) will receive the very first postcards that I send from South Africa! Have at it! Deadline = 20 June 2013, Midnight (U.S. Eastern […]

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Guantanamo Bay 1962 Cuban Blockade

“Blockade Schmokade”: A Newly Discovered Letter from Dad

Happy 71st, Dad! Those of you who have been following me for awhile may remember last year’s memorial tribute to my dad on his 70th birthday. It was planned as a one-time post, but when I came across this letter recently, I knew I had to do something again this year. This morning I emailed […]

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Isabella's Pretoria East Hazeldean South Africa

Their Milkshake is Better Than Yours

Yeah. It’s that good. Found this new addiction at Isabella’s in Pretoria East. Happy Friday, everyone. Hope yours is as tasty as mine! Love, Marla

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Lion and Rhino Reserve Krugersdorp South Africa

Peeing on Stuff, and Other (Lion) Habits

On our game drive in the Rhino and Lion Reserve in Krugersdorp, South Africa we had the good fortune (well, we can say this now, since nobody was eaten) of watching a young male white lion scent marking, and the second-to-alpha male lion come along behind him to do some scent marking of his own. […]

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South Africa expat life day trips Pretoria

Canned Orange Juice, Anyone? (And a “Cuddly” Lion Cub)

In the growing list of oddities that comprise our experience in South Africa, so far, is a concoction that tastes more like “Tang” than orange juice. There are places that have fresh squeezed juice, but several where we’ve requested orange juice in the mornings have presented us with this can and a glass. Shake. Pour. […]

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Lion and Rhino Reserve Krugersdorp South Africa

Helping Rhinos (and Cuddling Lion Cubs)

Holy crap I think I gorged on cuteness last weekend. I pretended not to imagine that this little guy would gladly eat me if he were big enough. He even got his growly pants on for a little while when I was messing with him as he climbed a little playslide. You’re only getting one […]

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I’m Not Filthy Rich, But I Play One in South Africa

This country is splitting my heart wide open. It’s hard to understand how it’s both filling it and breaking it at the same time, but I’m just going to ride this rollercoaster for awhile and see where it goes. When Kurt signed the letter of “emotional support” for his wife, one of the many documents […]

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baby giraffe wildlife game reserve tour

The Lion Sleeps Tonight…Not

Roaring lions have startled me awake several nights in the last week. Staff say they are from the game reserve/breeding area where we visited last weekend. It’s very close to where we’re staying. That reminded me I never finished giving you photos from the weekend, so here they are. We’ve been told this is the […]

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zoos in South Africa

This is Not a Kitty Cat

After Kurt’s tiger encounter, we took a game drive around the property. The Farm Inn does a lot of lion breeding as well as retirement, so there were a variety of young and old cats on the tour. This young white lion is not an albino. Our game tour guide explained that like hair color […]

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zoos in South Africa

Crouching Tiger, Peeing Kurt

We haven’t been on an official game safari yet—I mean the kind where you are in a safari vehicle and the animals are roaming as they please. But around the area where we’re living, they have mini safaris (similar to a few in the states) where the game reserve is a little more open, the […]

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