…challenges, reminiscent of our visit five years ago. During our stay, we had several game drives that tested our patience. Firstly, with our private driver guide and friend John Masek,…
It has always been my dream to fly out of Kenya. It came true when I embarked on The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year (TGMM) winning guides’ trip…
…I’d watched couldn’t be real life? When a work trip took me from the open plains of the Maasai Mara and the Mount Kilimanjaro-shadowed Amboseli to the lively streets of Nairobi,…
Amboseli: When it comes to making a potential kori bustard mate swoon, it’s all about puffing up to exaggerate one’s physical attributes. During their mating ritual — known as lekking…
…not the old-school way; you can actually tell Byron what you think, and then he will tell you what he thinks, so it’s more of an open forum, and everything…
For most of the year, the Jackson’s Widowbird would hardly warrant a second glance – even from a birdwatcher. But when the seasonal rains turn the East African savannas green,…
…do the turndowns and miraculously make the army of scatters disappear. I have still not worked out how it is properly done – except to simply scatter them all over…
…years that Silvio designs buildings freehand – and pretty much to scale. He uses a dizzying array of pencils, both fat and thin, coloured pens that turn sketches into something…
…to turn on the deepfryer before our guests have sat down and PANIC’. There is a lovely new word I learnt this week from the wonderful A.Word.A.Day website: tohubohu: (pronunciation:…
…was only little when he literally waddled into the dining area looking for help and of course who could possibly turn him down? Since that fateful day Big Bird has…