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sources. Headline news covering the whole of Africa.
News briefs
- Company news: how we're bucking the
trend and where you can see us at public exhibitions this year.
Field Reports and other snippets
Another news source with a selection of comments from our own people,
friends, associates and past clients ... [updating]
The Ngorongoro Dusty Boots Society (May 2009): Alison Westwood of
Getaway Magazine in South Africa gives an account of a hike from Ngorongoro
Crater down to Lake Natron in the Rift Valley. Includes an advisory on the
trail and information on climbing Tanzania's "Mountain of God" - Ol Doinyo
Lengai. [...also see
"Ol Doinyo Lengai - an adventure too far?"]
"The #1 Ladies'
Detective Agency": Alexander McCall Smith's blockbuster novel series, "The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency", has been adapted for television, and will be showing as a series on HBO
in the USA.
The two-hour pilot, directed by the late Anthony Minghella, premieres on Sunday 29 March 2009 on HBO, and will be followed each Sunday for the next six weeks by a weekly installment of Mma Ramotswe's adventures. The series was shot on location in Botswana, with the larger than life Precious Ramotswe, fictional owner of Botswana's only female-owned detective agency, played by Grammy Award-winner Jill Scott.
The series provides a lighthearted insight into everyday Botswana life, and is an entertaining and enlightening way for those who have travelled to Botswana, or who plan to visit the country, to connect with the culture of this unique democracy.
The "animal odd
couple": A 2 minute clip from CBS News' "Assignment America," Steve Hartman
visits an animal sanctuary where a dog and an elephant have formed a very
lasting, and unusual, friendship.
"The Secret Life of
Elephants": A 3 part documentary series from the BBC - January
2009. Available on iPlayer for a limited period and then "archived
somewhere". The series is presented by amongst others Iain and Saba
Douglas-Hamilton in Kenya's Samburu. Each programme is an hour long.
How about a
"Secret Life of Elephants" safari over a week including Samburu and the Mara
(or optionally Amboseli to visit Mike and Judy Rainy at ol Kanjau)?
"Nature's Incredible
Invasions": The last episode "One Million Heads, One Beautiful Mind"
uses extraordinary photography to reveal swarm intelligence of amongst other,
free-tailed bats. BBC - January 2009.
"Flying the Falls": an HD video clip of a microlight flight over
Victoria Falls in January 2008
Inspiring travel notes: a small selection from Amanda Jones -
Lamu, Kenya,
Namibia flying
safari,
southern Tanzania
...and on the lighter side
South African General Elections 2009: Jacob Zuma's
African National Congress won on 22 April 2009, followed on 6 May by the
National Assembly's vote for the new president. Here's an mp3 recording of
"a day at the races" thanks to
David S.
Blue Sky Aviation thanks to Alan V.
"You’re a Kenyan bush pilot.
You fly in some critical medical supplies, enjoy a quick lunch at the hospital. It's a stifling 40 degrees in the shade and you're eager to get back up to the
cool, high blue yonder. On the way back to your plane, you discover that the only bit of
shade within 1 mile has become very popular.
You start calculating the distance to the plane door and
wonder...... "
"Do I feel lucky today?"
 
Asian elephants frolicking: "something your travel
agent won't tell you about" (thanks to Dee Dee A)
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