Quo Vadis Southern Africa

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I have lived in many places, but there is no place like home. Here are a few of the things that are special and memorable for me, not necessarily in order of importance:

o    A lazy cheese and wine lunch at Lanzerac Wine Estate in Stellenbosch
o    A hearty meal of peri-peri prawns in a sidewalk café in Maputo (LM), together with Portuguese bread washed down with a cerveja grande.
o    Sitting on the cliffs at Hermanus watching Southern Right whales frolic close inshore
o    Watching  Cape gannets hunting sardines at Mkambati just north of Port St Johns
o    Camping under giant fig trees overlooking the Zambezi River at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe
o    Biltong and dried peaches
o    Suntanning on Clifton Beach, arguably the most beautiful beach in the world
o    A breakfast at Montebello in Newlands, Cape Town
o    Game viewing between Skukuza and Lower Sabie in the Kruger Park – the best game viewing anywhere. 
o    Shelley Bay in Kenton-on-Sea, Eastern Cape
o    A walk along miles of golden sand, Robberg Beach, Plettenberg Bay in the morning before breakfast
o    Hiking to the top of the Amphitheatre and then to Mont Aux Sources in the Drakensberg.
o    Standing on the very edge of the Amphitheatre looking down into Natal. If that doesnt do something to your soul, nothing ever will.
o    A rugby test between the Springboks and "the old enemy", the All Blacks.  
o    Stories from the Eastern Cape and the Lowveld.
o    Gliding through the Okavango Swamps in a mokoro
o    A walk through the coastal bush along the Wild Coast
o    Camping on the beach at Inhassoro and fishing off Bazaruto Island in Mozambique
o    Summer holidays on the beach in the Eastern Cape
o    A visit to Kirstenbosch in Cape Town
o    Body surfing at Lookout Beach in Plettenberg Bay.
o    A visit to Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near Klaserie
o    Getting soaking wet in the Victoria Falls rain forest
o    The stark beauty and incredible sunsets of the Karoo, Kalahari and Namib deserts
o    The diversity of Southern Africa, natural, cultural and historical -- always so full of surprises
o    The wonderful people in the region

In spite of its problems, Southern Africa remains for me the most interesting place in the world. I hope you get an opportunity to enjoy and appreciate it as much as I have done.

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