Giraffes

Ode to Sausage Tree

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May 2nd 2009
Waking up to the gravelly tearing rips, loud chewing and deep satisfying grunts of a 1.5 ton hippo outside my tent is not the most ideal 4am wake-up call. Yet it appears that this Hippo enjoyed the grass surrounding my tent. Somehow these behemoths are Africa's leading killer of humans every year. Apparently catching a hippo off guard or getting between them and their safety nest in the crocodile ... read more

Africa » Zambia » South Luangwa

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The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia up... ... read more