The Lion at Our Window

Yesterday marked one year since we arrived in South Africa, and we have not had a single visitor. I do understand the travel distance and flight cost. It’s an epic vacation, for sure, even once-in-a-lifetime. We still ask ourselves how we ended up living here, and having these insane adventures, like this latest Kruger trip … More The Lion at Our Window

Black Mamba

Well, friends. Honestly I don’t know why I ever type my posts directly into WordPress, because I’ve lost so many really interesting posts that way, due to whatever latest hiccup in either the internet, or, I believe, WP.  Today’s black mamba post was one of my favorites. So it’s only fitting that it, too was … More Black Mamba

Night Leopard: A Video

Kruger was just incredible this time. We saw the Big Five in a single day again, and had more lion and leopard sightings than we could have hoped for. We saw a serval, were pestered nightly by a honey badger (don’t care!) and even saw two of the deadliest snakes in Africa (eek!) Here is … More Night Leopard: A Video

White Eggs and Ham, American I Am

The title of this month’s Expat Focus column was based on an entertaining chase to track down as close to American-style Easter fare as I could find. As this is our first Easter in South Africa, I picked several people to invite who have never heard of some of our American traditions. Please follow this … More White Eggs and Ham, American I Am

Meanwhile, in Africa…

A small elephant calf tries to scare off a group of tourists on safari. via Is this the cutest elephant attack video ever?.