Rainstorm in the slums on Flickr.
July 11, 2012, 11:55am
Leopard out of fucking nowhere! on Flickr.
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What a nice surprise. We ended up having to go to Lion Park to see a lion, but we got some cool wild leopard snaps along the way. And tons of rhinos and giraffes, too. And a few more from sleeping leopard with legs hanging from trees.
April 03, 2012, 3:34pm
My least majestic shot of an elephant. on Flickr.
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(giggles) Look at him go!
April 03, 2012, 3:22pm
Get off the road! on Flickr.
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I warned you about those wildlife posts, right?
April 01, 2012, 2:50pm
Everything went better than expected on Flickr.
Souvenir shot from South Africa
March 30, 2012, 3:54pm
Rainstorm in the slums on Flickr.
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We drove around Soweto trying to find a place to stay, all were closed or we couldn’t find them. So we got something close to the airport and booked a guided tour. Got a chance to visit both the high end parts and slums. It started raining hard while we were inside one of the shack and got stuck in there for a long time. It was too dark to shoot anything in there, but at some point I gestured to one of our young guides to open the door just a bit. Then I snapped this.
One girl in our group thought this was a terrible, voyeuristic thing to do, just visiting them. I don’t think that’s entirely true. One of the guys was telling us that the reason he gets by fairly well is because he earns extra money from taking tourists around, and he had a lot to talk about, how things work and all. I had plenty of questions regarding school and organization, flood risks, government subsidies, etc. I wasn’t just snapping pictures and certainly not shoving my camera up anyone’s face. It didn’t seem any different then looking through my neighbour’s window while climbing the staircase at home.
And I’ve seen enough street kids through my travels to feel like those guys were better off. Not that I would trade places with any of them, obviously. I would have loved to get a chance to chat longer with them though.
February 15, 2012, 5:18pm