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Many of you remember that I was a part of a fabulous trip to Nepal and Bhutan in November 2024. You can see that I am tr...
08/30/2026

Many of you remember that I was a part of a fabulous trip to Nepal and Bhutan in November 2024. You can see that I am traveling in South Africa and have been torn from my usual news addiction.

Tonight my group has departed and I am catching up on the international news.
Now my heart is breaking for the gentle people of Nepal after the horrific flash flood.

On my visit there, we flew by helicopter at one point and were able to view the flooding evidence from the summer of 2024. It was dramatic. Then in order to come out of Phaplu, we had to drive 10 hours to Kathmandu. That was an exceedingly rough ride as we made our way over roads that had been destroyed by those floods. No guardrails, off-roading over rocks, hairpin turns, unending hills, people suffering with motion sickness, and a lot of severe bumps made for a miserable ride.

I have seen and felt a little of what floods can do. This is a massive and sad tragedy.

08/29/2026

A proper Zambian send off-

When things go bump- look for these guys as the culprit.When things go missing- look for these guys. And keep your doors...
08/28/2026

When things go bump- look for these guys as the culprit.
When things go missing- look for these guys.
And keep your doors locked- even on the upper floor.

They are distracting me from my Wordle this morning

You asked for it, YOU GOT IT!WHO is in for a South Korea BEAUTY & CULTURE trip next May?Many of you followed along as I ...
08/27/2026

You asked for it, YOU GOT IT!

WHO is in for a South Korea BEAUTY & CULTURE trip next May?

Many of you followed along as I visited Korea the last 2 times. Now I am ready to share it with YOU!

Details to follow soon.

PS- Did you read Lisa See’s book, The Island of Sea Women? If you loved it, this a MUST. We will meet those remarkable ladies.

Today yielded another lucky lion sighting.-
08/27/2026

Today yielded another lucky lion sighting.-

Because I will be back here next week, I’m only going to share part of our day today. The rest I’ll show you next time. ...
08/26/2026

Because I will be back here next week, I’m only going to share part of our day today. The rest I’ll show you next time.

It was a beautiful day in the mid 80s but it cools down nicely in the evening.

Our hotel was upgraded so we are in the lap of luxury at the Royal Livingstone. After our walk of Victoria Falls, we had High Tea before we set out on the African Princess for a sunset soirée. We did have bonus sightings of hippos, elephants, and a crocodile.

Travel days are tiring but they are still able to provoke joy.We left our safari camp at 7AM for the bumpy ride out. Tha...
08/26/2026

Travel days are tiring but they are still able to provoke joy.

We left our safari camp at 7AM for the bumpy ride out. That was after we we had a large male leopard kill a warthog, to drag it under the deck of the spa building for later snacking. No photos of that because we needed to allow him to freely access his bounty.

Navigating the Zimbabwe/Zambia border is a feat. It involves changing transfer vehicles and waiting in lines. But we had no complaints as we shared the spaces with people who do this daily in order to feed themselves and their families. A woman with a backpack so tattered that it could not zip, was directly in front of me. These people do not hold passports. They must wait in these lines to have a mere piece of paper validated with a stamp, once on this Zambian side and once on the Zimbabwe side. They do this so they can carry goods across, sell them, and then return home.

Our check-in at the Royal Livingstone included a welcoming giraffe. The maintenance man coaxed her around to our balcony where we were face to faceu. She is due to have a baby in Dec.

The TV in the Travellers Bar was tuned to the rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand. Turns out a group of New Zealanders is on property and we were schooled in some basic rugby facts. Apparently South Africa was also schooled by the team by being dealt a loss.

The New Zealanders showed great respect as they stood for their national anthem and sang it, then remained standing for South Africa’s national anthem.

The pictures are far from dramatic but the day was still a gift. Not all packages have a pretty wrapping.

We completed our Big Five on our final game drive tonight.To top it off this male lion was mating with a female. I will ...
08/24/2026

We completed our Big Five on our final game drive tonight.

To top it off this male lion was mating with a female. I will spare you the footage.

The rhino horns are removed for their protection against poachers.

It was a GREAT day.

Happy Hour is called Sundowners here in S Africa. Last night did not disappoint. They served up sunset in a glass!
08/24/2026

Happy Hour is called Sundowners here in S Africa. Last night did not disappoint. They served up sunset in a glass!

Top hits from the morning-Back this afternoon to see if the lady leopard will come back to finish the impala she left in...
08/23/2026

Top hits from the morning-

Back this afternoon to see if the lady leopard will come back to finish the impala she left in the tree for dinner.

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