Hairy 1 Travels

Life is a journey. Travel safely. Eat Well. Take a camera.

A trip down some of the highways and byways of a journey through life, with an enjoyment of good Food and normally with a camera in hand.

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Mana Pools Elephant Stretching for food

Mana Elephant Reaching for Food A common sight at Mana Pools is an elephant stretching into a tree for food. Mana Pools is iconic for its open forests of Acacia Albida Trees (Faidherbia albida, or Apple Ring Acacia), which the elephant love to eat. It’s not uncommon to see an elephant standing on its hind…

Hwange Impala Herd in Morning Light

Out for an early morning game drive. Here is a herd of Impala caught in beautiful golden morning light, highlighting their colours, but also showing their camouflage ability. Actually we didn’t want to cook breakfast so we took a drive to nearby Robins Camp to have breakfast in the restaurant there, Crossing a low bridge…

Mana Pools Elephant and Zambezi River

It’s mid- morning at Mana. Sometime around August 1994. Hot, probably over 40C, so we’re sitting in the shade with ample supply of water and a good book. There’s always movement and sound. Small herds of impala moving and grazing. Warthog alone or with families going about their business, whatever that may be, tails straight…

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Memories

Back in the day we took photos on film. 35mm in my case. As an older man I now have a stack of transparencies and negatives. The Memories Project is aimed at scanning and publishing a good selection of those film images.

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Travel

Life is a Journey. Travel Safely. We like to travel, when we can. With a preference for days on warm beaches, we do like to have an “adventure” and get away as often as we can. Here is a small selection of our adventures. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Use the search form to…

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