Link List #3
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or a hostile universe,” Albert Einstein said. Happiness, your expectations, good times, and tying it all together into a...
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Moving Continents with Simon Peel
Two months ago I moved house, moved country, moved continent. From the UK, my home since my birth on Sunday August 19th 1984, to Australia on Tuesday 29 March 2016. I’ve been away from home for far...
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Paper Nautilus
There’s a certain boredom that characterises this era we’re living in. Or maybe it’s fatigue. The constant barrage of information that has nurtured our curious minds, has also eroded our souls, leaving...
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The strange tale of the Cederberg’s caffeinated baboon
Somewhere in the Cederberg lives a baboon with a caffeine addiction. And we’re to blame. Now, before you get all hot under the collar over the generalising use of ‘we’, relax. You’re off the hook. This...
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There are few things as exhilarating as hitting the road with only the vaguest idea of an itinerary to guide you along. We recently enjoyed this unique sort of freedom while taking a little mid-winter...
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“When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it.” – Marcus...
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Spontaneous sunset beach clean-up in Lambert’s Bay… and other ways to change...
If you’ve taken a peek at the ‘Beyond a dream’ video we released last week (you haven’t? Well, you really should!) you may have noticed a far-away figure on the beach at sunset, collecting mysterious...
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Greener Pastures
There is something inherent in us all that pines for another life. We long for what we haven’t got, yearn for what we had, envy burrows deep into our hearts, cursing those who have it all while we...
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“So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES” – Hunter S. Thompson. This week’s link list touches on various facets of...
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Salute to a ranger on a slow night for a game drive
If you grew up in a nature-loving home, chances are pretty good that at some point during your childhood you would have dreamed of one day becoming a game ranger. I sure did and so did Guillaume. In...
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Bishopsford Bonsai Nursery
It was on the outskirts of suburban Constantia, tucked away behind an ordinary suburban gate, that we stumbled upon a most magical find one Sunday – a patch of earth dedicated to the cultivation and...
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Uncle Charlie
It lined up perfectly. Meeting uncle Charlie and visiting his wholesale nursery outside Atlantis. I was pushing a trolley back from the dump thinking about the hot Monday morning sun when Andrew called...
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Alaskan Film Visions
The USA has never had a huge pull for me, I’ve had my fill of Marvel comics turned into movies and presidential elections to feel that I don’t need anymore America in my life. But Alaska seems...
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Weatherwax Soap, a tribute
A quick note from Nadia: There are few things in life that excite me more than coming across people who dive head first into obscure and age-old crafts with abandon so recklessly passionate that there...
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Meet the makers of the Ribola Art Route
The sun is beating down from the wide Limpopo sky and my limbs take on the familiar kind of heaviness they always seem to do when confronted with unfamiliar heat. Apart from a thin sliver steadily...
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Gringos and Flamingos
I don’t know exactly where in Bolivia these photos were taken, but I think about them often. I guess I could have taken more of an interest in the route we were taking from Tupiza, through the Bolivian...
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Fossils, foraging, flying insects and feral rabbits – an alternative...
Eighteenth century English writer, Samuel Johnson, once famously said: “If you’re tired of London, you’re tired of life.” Well, I’ve never been to London, but I’m sure it’s true. Just as I’ve found it...
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Postcards from a pilgrim: Camino Portugués on 35mm film
For a short while there I was a pilgrim. I even carried a passport that identified me as such. A peregrina with a heavy pack on her back and a pair of ugly – but sturdy and trustworthy and supportive –...
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Immersive travel means giving travel a chance to make your memories
It was late afternoon and we hadn’t walked as much on this day as we did the days before. We decided to stop because we found a flat stretch of grass beside a river. While it’s easy to find a river in...
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A short way from here
In March we were fortunate enough to squeeze in two camping weekends in a row. A favourable month for tent adventures with still-swimmable weather during the peak of day and roaring campfires for the...
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