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Category: south africa

Photo of the Day

In South Africa on a ten week volunteer conservation expedition with Global Vision International, we had the opportunity to get darn close to this pretty lady. Though from the look in her eye, she wasn’t terribly happy about it! Tweet

Sunday August 15th, 2010 in Global Vision, south africa | 1 Comment »

Night With The Maasai

(TTBS) It’s not that a night spent in the Serengeti bush is any longer than a typical night somewhere else – but when your tent is sandwiched between the Maasai village cows and a pride of hungry lions – it certainly seems that way. At first I wasn’t sure exactly why my eyes popped open. [...]

Thursday January 21st, 2010 in south africa | 1 Comment »

Cutest African Animals!

We had the opportunity to volunteer for ten weeks in S. Africa with an amazing group called Global Vision International. A typical day had us up at 4am (BIG YAWN!), scarfing down a mug (or three) of coffee, tumbling into the truck, and heading out to observe and record the animals. Our job was to help with [...]

Wednesday November 4th, 2009 in cheetah, south africa | No Comments »

Africa Alive!

Spending fifteen weeks in Africa last year was a dream come true! We volunteered for ten weeks with Global Vision International at their South Africa Venetia and Karongwe Reserves, then headed to Nairobi, Kenya. From there, we took off  for the Maasai Mara to spend time with the amazing people there.   Africa is alive with animals we’d [...]

Tuesday October 13th, 2009 in Global Vision, Maasai, south africa, Volunteer | 1 Comment »