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Twin Reflections

These two Hamerkops (Scopus umbretta) stand reflected in the waters of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. These dull-brown birds have a number of other common names, mostly relating to the […]

Paws for Thought

These paws belong to two male lions I encountered on a game drive near Tubu Tree Camp in the Okovango Delta last week. Linked to Macro Monday, I Heart Macro and Camera […]

Ancient and Modern Moscow

This month’s White Rabbit Bloghop challenge, calls for ancient and modern in the same picture.  The two Moscow landmarks featured below, are ancient and modern in the same building. Resurrection […]

F is for… Famine

The Great Famine in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration that had a huge impact on Ireland’s demographic, political and cultural future. In total, […]

Vintage Car Rally

A Vintage Car Rally takes place annually (normally March) from Barcelona to Sitges. The rally first took place in 1959 ( a very good vintage if I say so myself […]

Bridges in the Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta in northern Botswana is one of the largest inland deltas on Earth, competing with the Sudd on the Nile in South Sudan, and the Inner Niger Delta in Mali.  It is effectively the flooded northern […]