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A Journey into Bwindi: Gorilla Trekking in the Impenetrable Forest
There are certain trips in life that etch themselves so deeply into memory that words can never quite do them justice. My journey to...

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Sep 112 min read
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Dust To Dust
A Time and a Place The time was that of an Elephant cow caught between life and death. The place was Botswana, where I stood behind my lens as nature revealed one of its most difficult and heartbreaking sides. It was a scorching afternoon when we arrived at a waterhole, only to be met with the sight of yet another Elephant carcass. November in Botswana is unforgiving—the drought relentless, the land parched, and the presence of carcasses sadly all too common. But this was no

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Jan 272 min read
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A new perspective
Photography is art, and like all art, it thrives on creativity—on daring to see the world from a new perspective. Sometimes that means...

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Aug 21, 20242 min read
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The Kalahari
Kalahari Beginnings — January 2024 8 January 2024 It’s my first visit to this part of the world, and as we step out into the open, we’re greeted by intense, dry heat. Setting up camp under what we thought would be a perfectly shady tree turned out to be wishful thinking — the Kalahari sun has a way of finding you no matter where you hide. Our first afternoon drive brought early rewards. A small pride of lions strolled leisurely down the road, heading toward a nearby waterhole

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Feb 22, 20243 min read
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Sidewinder Snake
There are two species of Sidewinder snakes in the Namib, the Namaqua Dwarf Adder and Peringuey's Adder. Both species of Sidewinder are...

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Jan 23, 20241 min read
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Elephant Havens Foundation
Elephant Havens Foundation is an Elephant orphanage in Botswana rescuing orphaned and abandoned Elephants and also educating local...

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Jan 23, 20241 min read
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