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The spirit of "Hakuna Matata" : Live By It

“Hakuna Matata”, (no worries) Bob the reggae Tanzanian driver muttered (for the umpteenth time on our week long safari) as the Land Cruiser shuddered to a halt at the dusty edge of the deeply rutted road between the Serengeti Gate and the Ngorongoro Crater. A jeep-killer. Acacia trees offered scant...

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That will be Sir Chris, please

Good news for the travellers. Thanks to a long and exhausting campaign by Chris’ coworkers, HM Queen Elizabeth flew in (with corgi) to a recent good riddance party. To the consternation of many, Her Majesty officially inducted Sir Chris into the Order of Hot Air. Life will never be the...

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Going to Kilema

And suddenly it is August and the long – anticipated journey to the Kilema hospital in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania begins. We depart for a year in September and are almost finished packing up as you read this. Our destination is a spectacular part of the world, a name...

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