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Guy Mavor
Dec 17, 20185 min read
48 Hours in South Luangwa (part 2)
There is no better place in the valley to arrive at hungry than Flatdogs (these are crocodiles FYI) Camp. I arrive after 3, but the à la...
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Guy Mavor
Dec 14, 20188 min read
Encounters with Elephants
I first saw a wild elephant 28 years ago, and was struck, more than anything, by its serenity. It was an old male, and was happy to stand...
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Guy Mavor
Oct 26, 201811 min read
48 Hours in South Luangwa (part 1)
June 2017 and I am teaching in Blantyre, in magical Malawi (see separate posts), for the term. A Friday off for Eid-al-Fitr, and Monday...
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Guy Mavor
Oct 25, 20183 min read
"Africa doesn't need saving!"
"Africa doesn't need saving!" This was a line I heard in response to a brief explanations of my plans for this website. It is a fair...
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Guy Mavor
Aug 23, 201811 min read
A week in Limpopo, Part 2
Across the North I leave Botswana as smoothly as I arrived, fortified by coffee and a deep sense of contentment. Yes, I am dog-tired, and...
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Guy Mavor
Aug 19, 201811 min read
A Week in Limpopo, Part 1
(But first, 20 hours in Botswana!) Limpopo. I have loved the word since reading Kipling's Just So Stories as a boy. The Elephant's Child,...
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Guy Mavor
Jul 23, 201812 min read
Oryx and Cake
I am not one for interfering with nature. In fact, I am in Namibia with friends in order to experience nature at its least...
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Guy Mavor
Jul 18, 20184 min read
Many Africas begins
Today brought home to me that it really is time to begin publishing some of the material I have gathered for this website. But first, the...
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