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Random African Bush Stories

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Random stories about the African Bush, mine and collected ones

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  • Lioness Teaches her Cubs to Hunt

    Posted on Saturday September 26th, 2009 at 12:15 in cubs, lions, lions hunting, jason whitehead

    Guest post by Jason Whitehead.Shortly after daybreak I got a call from a fellow guide on the radio to say that he had spotted a lioness on the move with her three sub adult cubs not far from where I was enjoying the view of a White Rhino. White Rhino...

  • Rain to you, Rain to me

    Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 02:05 in africa, weather, Nature, childhood, namibia, african rain

    Photo by Leon Brocard on Flickr (licence) This post is simply a little chat about the weather. I got up at 3h00 this morning, partly due to chronic insomnia and but mainly due to the wonderful sound of thunder in the distance. What do people say...

  • There's not nothing there

    Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 03:44 in game drives

    When you spend some time viewing wildlife, the natural tenancy is to get blaze about the normal animals quickly. As tour guides we often feel under pressure to 'produce' the wild and wonderful...elephants, lions, leopards and so on. And often guest...

  • Spitting Black Spitting Cobras

    Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 07:11 in black spitting cobra

    Two short stories about Black Spitting Cobras spitting.Don't drink and catch cobras One of our guides was called to my house when I was away on holiday at the time that I worked at Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge. Each night our power would be off, and w...

  • New Managment - and Cobras

    Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 08:57 in snake, black spitting cobra, sossusvlei desert lodge

    During my time at Sossusvlei Desert Lodge (it was called Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge at the time) I saw a number of changes in management. It was always an eventful time. Staff take time to adjust to the new management style, the new manager takes ti...

  • How not to catch a Black Spitting Cobra

    Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 13:15 in africa, snake, black spitting cobra

    I am going to do a series of posts about a wonderful snake called the Black Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis woodi. It's a snake we got to know on NamibRand Nature Reserve and it sort of seemed to get itself in trouble.Black Spitting Cobras are a fai...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.75 out of a possible 5 based on 4 comments.

rainforestrobin

5 stars Robin Easton

These are some of the best African bush stories I've read. You can tell they are told by someone who has lived closed to the land and wildlife. Some I just could not stop reading.

Posted: September 26th, 2009 | More Reviews From rainforestrobin | Report This Comment

alnwick

5 stars Simon Holmes

A fascinating site full of interesting articles and anecdotes.Vernon you will have your own BBC series next!

Posted: September 21st, 2009 | More Reviews From alnwick | Report This Comment

daleem71

4 stars DALIM OTHMAN

Hi bro! just added u in my list and been looking on the ads and hope it will help u, anyway thanks for adding me.

Nice adventure touch, hoping to travel to Africa.

See u around bro and keep in touch.

Do visit me always.

Posted: August 26th, 2008 | More Reviews From daleem71 | Report This Comment

AvaBnd

5 stars Avril Brand

Great stories!

Posted: July 3rd, 2008 | More Reviews From AvaBnd | Report This Comment

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