I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands.
So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info
WKM-3 skulking behind a treeThis guy had really played hard to get; we'd spent most of the morning following his spoor and were heading back to camp when finally he deigned to make an appearance...
brown hyenaThis guy was HUGE, certainly by the standards of any that I'd seen before. Sadly he must have been hit by a car a few hours earlier, though I imagine the car wouldn't have got off too lightly...
playtime in the HoanibThis is one of dozens of photos I took when we spent a magical hour watching the extended breeding herd take time out from the sheer effort of survival to play in this natural pool
everyone needs me-time...Junior safely pushed out the way, WKF-14 can enjoy a little time to herself...
Monteiro's hornbillA regular to the Purros campsite, he dwarfs the yellow-billed hornbills
shy... the new kid on the blockWe had not seen this young male before, and he was clearly a little in awe of the extended breeding herd...
pearl-spotted owletThis owl's call is extremely distinctive, but they're almost never seen. This guy appeared literally to have fallen off his perch one night and onto the path - presumably dying of old age. There was no sign of predation or injury
WKM-10 being naughty...We'd watched this grand old man of Kaokoland for three hours at a waterhole, but he clearly decided drinking there was too easy, and headed off to the fenced-in borehole mechanics to see what damage he could do...
Lynn
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More great pics
to make us jealous! So when does the book come out?