Watery Paths through the Delta
Much of the Okavango Delta is permanently underwater, though levels do vary hugely between the seasons. Locals and tourists alike rely on boats to travel around, either traditional manually poled […]
Branching Out
This week, Cee has challenged us to display black and white images of the things we most like to photograph. I couldn’t really pick one thing that I enjoy capturing […]
African Water Lilies
Despite their name, water lilies are not related to the true lilies (family Liliaceae). The name “lily” is applied to a number of plants that are not at all closely […]
Getting around in Southern Africa
Getting around in Southern Africa can be slow and uncomfortable: roads are often little more than tracks, and on more major roads the traffic can be bad. My first trip […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travel with Intent 