Category Archives: Travel

Eclipses, buckets lists and mortality.

Posted on August 24, 2017 by BigBill

The Bucket List is a movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, with Nicholson playing an extremely wealthy (mostly retired) businessman who’s pretty much a total jerk, and Freeman is a middle-class man who finds himself in the next hospital … Continue reading →

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Cecil the lion

Posted on October 18, 2016 by BigBill

One of our tour-mates had been on our same tour several years ago and had taken a photo of a magnificent mature lion in Hwange park, our third camp. He showed the photo to our guide, asking if it was … Continue reading →

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Another notion (or two) bite the dust

Posted on October 16, 2016 by BigBill

In a previous post I talked about the Soweto shanty towns and how people living in such poverty-stricken conditions didn’t fit what I expected. We also had the opportunity to visit a couple of homes during our time on safari, … Continue reading →

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Preconceived notions go down in flames:  Soweto

Posted on September 8, 2016 by BigBill

It’s always a bit of a shock to me when my preconceived notions turn out to be wrong. Of course it shouldn’t; many (if not most) do. But I don’t think I’m that unusual; we all create a mental image … Continue reading →

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Roughing it, Boy Scout style

Posted on September 2, 2016 by BigBill

Jamboree is a major street in central Orange County not far from John Wayne International, the airport I fly in and out of a lot these days. When I was new to OC the history of the county wasn’t all … Continue reading →

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Safaris 101

Posted on August 25, 2016 by BigBill

During our time on safari we visited 3 countries (Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana) and stayed in 4 different camps. Each day included game drives; either one in the morning and another in the afternoon (with a break of several hours … Continue reading →

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Cathy and I go on safari…and THANK YOU Monica!!

Posted on August 20, 2016 by BigBill

Cathy and I recently got back from a trip of a lifetime: we went on an African safari. We visited four countries in total, three on the actual safari (Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana), plus South Africa, where we flew in … Continue reading →

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