Category: Wildlife
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Kruger National Park
During our safari with Viva Safaris we spent one entire day dedicated to Kruger National Park. The park itself is a massive 19,485 square kilometres, about the same size as Israel. We only covered 103 km and sadly did not get to go exploring too much as many of the tracks were closed due to…
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Balule Nature Reserve
After hanging around Cape Town for a few weeks it was time to see some of the wildlife Africa is famous for. We hopped a flight to Johannesburg and headed toward Kruger National Park. I hoped you enjoyed this glimpse at our visit to this reserve. I’ll be covering our day in Kruger National Park…
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Tourist Day
We decided to put on our tourist shoes and sign up for a tour this week. Generally we tend to stick around the neighbourhoods we are living in, but once in a while we branch out. We signed on with City Sightseeing (same people who do Hop on Hop off) for a day trip to…
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Diving Mauritius
As you can see, after all my whining and sadness, Dive Spirit Mauritius was able to get us in the water. However, before I inundate you with dive photos (someone got a dive housing for a better camera, yeaaaaa!) I have to pass on some photos I forgot to include in the first Mauritius blog.…
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Mauritius and Plans Disrupted
I was amongst that group who was not familiar with it until I met a lovely nurse at a hospital in Calgary. Once she heard about our lifestyle she proudly proclaimed she was from Mauritius and we should definitely go there. My curiosity was piqued. As luck would have it, once we had picked up our rental…
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Hope
As I sit here looking out the window at a perfect New Years Day I am filled with a mixture of hope and concern. It certainly has been a hell of a year on many fronts and even though it really is just another day, the beginning of a new year does seem to bring…
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Nature on our Doorstep
Having said that, we are still making sure we have time to take in the beauty around us. Being in this beautiful valley supplies us with an abundance of nature to enjoy.
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Spring Has Sprung
As I mentioned in an earlier post, adaptability is key to our house sitting lifestyle. Despite the worldwide pandemonium, our life really has not been negatively influenced. In fact, it is going well. A couple of weeks ago we had settled into a fantastic cabin just outside of Calgary and were prepared to wait out…
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Some Rural Time
After spending the last four weeks in Calgary with an incredibly generous mother-in-law, we have moved out to the the rural area just outside of Calgary. The move also coincided with a dramatic improvement in the weather here, Thankfully. It is still dead and brown, but the blue skies and double digit temperatures let you…
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Pondering our Time in Panama
So, here we are closing in on the end of our 4.5 month stint in Panama. I have to say it has been quite an adventure. Through a friend, we were put in touch with the owners of this island paradise who required someone to act as caretakers while the resort was closed for the…