Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Experience: I was swallowed by a hippo
Photograph: Peter Hoffman for the Guardian
The hippo who tried to kill me wasn't a stranger – he and I had met before a number of times. I was 27 and owned a business taking clients down the Zambezi river near Victoria Falls. I'd been working this stretch of river for years, and the grouchy old two-ton bull had carried out the occasional half-hearted attack. I'd learned to avoid him. Hippos are territorial and I knew where he was most likely to be at any given time.
• As told to Chris Broughton
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/may/04/i-was-swallowed-by-a-hippo
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
A2A Expedition
Read the Book: We Will be Free
It was a scorching hot day last summer at the Northwest
Overland Rally when I sauntered past a well-traveled Defender 130 with
dual roof top tents and a South African flag on the fender. Overland
events are rife with well-built vehicles, but all too few seem to have
actually been anywhere of interest. This Defender, covered in dust and
wearing the marks of many miles covered, was no show pony. After making a
couple curious orbits of the truck, a towering figure appeared with a
friendly wave and a cheery, “hello!”
Graeme and his wife Luisa, the affable owners of the Landy, were quick to give me a tour of their truck and over a handful of libations as the evening temps cooled, told me of their trip, a two-year lap of South America with their two kids. The more I learned of the Bell family, the more interested I became. After reading Graeme’s book, We Will be Free, I have become a regular follower of their travels and adventures.
Written by: Christophe Noel
Graeme and his wife Luisa, the affable owners of the Landy, were quick to give me a tour of their truck and over a handful of libations as the evening temps cooled, told me of their trip, a two-year lap of South America with their two kids. The more I learned of the Bell family, the more interested I became. After reading Graeme’s book, We Will be Free, I have become a regular follower of their travels and adventures.
Written by: Christophe Noel
http://expeditionportal.com/adventure-interview-graeme-bell-of-a2a-expedition/
Friday, March 4, 2016
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