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December 4th 2016

Published: December 5th 2016

The PhD brought me to South Africa. Fieldwork to date had involved two month-long trips to Ethiopia last year and now I was on the hunt for another type of shallow aquifer with the potential to provide water for irrigation rather than relying on increasingly inconsistent rains. The timing was unfortunately impeccable as southern Africa is currently (in November 2016) two years into its worse droug... Read Full Entry

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David Walker

Donny

When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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Locals' water point

Protected by the thorn bushes is a small depression with a plastic jerry can set into the sand. Take the lid off and there's water in it. In that water was a frog. In the only water for miles.

Badly located sand dam

Sand dams can be great, if you put them in the right place. If you put them in bedrock on one side and soil on the other, the next time a torrential flood comes down it'll wash the soil away and just go around.

Big old bull

Napping rhinos in Hluhuwe-iMfolozi National Park

I'd only ever seen rhinos twice before out of many trips and numerous safaris. In a few days in Kruger and Hluhuwe-iMfolozi National Parks we saw seven!

I agree, the Saint Lucia boat trip wasn't that exciting

Bourkes Luck Potholes

There should have been a great view of Blyde River Canyon from around here but it was too misty murky that day.

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