South Africa
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Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [109]
It has been four years since our time in South Africa. The DeWildt Cheetah Centre is thriving. It is financially stable thanks largely to contributions from supporters in the US and Great Britain, corporate sponsorships, and to cheetah adoptions ... Read more >
Friday, 16 Jul 2004 | Views [44]
We are somewhere over North Africa (or maybe the Alps?) in the next to the last row of a Lufthansa 747. The back row is our preference since it is usually vacant and you can lie down and spread out. I actually got several hours sleep thanks to ... Read more >
Tuesday, 13 Jul 2004 | Views [106]
We finished the student house on Friday and were feted last night at a braai where Ann gave us ‘ A Day in Africa and Spots Before Your Eyes, co-authored by her and Howard Buffet with a forward by Dr. Jane Goodall. We also met Ron Magill ... Read more >
Tuesday, 6 Jul 2004 | Views [61]
I have only six more pieces of tile left – the ugly cuts around the kitchen and several rooms of trim. We hope to be finished on Thursday. After work we stopped at the ‘compound’ to take pictures of Jackson’s baby and ended up taking shots of ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Jun 2004 | Views [52]
Nothing much exciting has happened since our return from Dwalbroom (which means‘last tree’, the southernmost baobab) with Kellie and Deon. We worked at m ore tiling, grouting and cleaning. I took Parks’ kids, Carumbo and Caroline (even when I saw ... Read more >
Friday, 25 Jun 2004 | Views [169]
Despite the fact we haven’t been dealing with the care and feeding of cheetahs on a daily basis and our field work has been minimal, you can’t help but learn something when you are around so many dedicated researchers. DeWildt is the premier cheetah ... Read more >
Thursday, 24 Jun 2004 | Views [57]
Yesterday, our first day of tiling, was a bit of a disaster. Not only do we hurt, we also pretty much suck at tiling. So we’ve left for Atherstone Game Reserve in Limpopo 250 kilometers from DeWiltd to work with Deon and Kelly. As soon as we ... Read more >
Monday, 21 Jun 2004 | Views [45]
It is the first day of winter and, surprise, it rained during the night. Will my jeans ever dry? There isn’t much to report on. We finished all the little painting chores on Saturday and Sunday and joined Noel, Helen and a dozen of their friends ... Read more >
Thursday, 17 Jun 2004 | Views [47]
Today is my birthday - another year older, and what a year it has been. Vanessa’s 40 th birthday party got a little out of control the other night but no harm was done – except to her head. There were tons of food (although no one admits to eating ... Read more >
Tuesday, 15 Jun 2004 | Views [33]
It’s catch up time for the journal. We’ve been busy and it’s been hectic around here. Emmett, Marsha, our friends from Colorado, and their crew arrived on Saturday and to judge by the preparations you would think it was a visit from the King. ... Read more >
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