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Interview with a Kalahari addict

31/3/2014

By Roxanne Reid
When I discover new authors whose books I want to scoff up in huge inelegant chunks as if they were double-chocolate mousse cake, I love to find out more about them. What makes them tick? What are they passionate about? What were the difficulties they encountered? So I was chuffed to have the chance to answer some questions for an American website recently, this time from the other side of the desk.

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Oranjerus: stop over near Keimoes in the green Kalahari

26/3/2014

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Oranjerus resort, Kanoneiland, Northern Cape

By Roxanne Reid
In the old days, before 20 stop-and-go roadworks blossomed on the N7 and R27 between Clanwilliam, Calvinia, Brandvlei and Kenhardt like Namaqualand flowers in a good year, we used to drive from Cape Town to Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in 10- to 11-hour comfort. Now, with the stop-and-go’s pruned to about a dozen, 10.5 hours will still only get you as far as Keimoes in the green Kalahari.

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Detection dog helps conserve tortoises in South Africa

19/3/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Two-year-old Brin has recently joined the CapeNature team. Her job is to help conserve the critically endangered geometric tortoise. She’s the first conservation dog to do this work in South Africa.

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Global march against canned lion hunting

17/3/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
The global march against canned lion hunting took place in some 60 cities across the world on 15 March 2014. The aim was to raise awareness and educate people about the horrors of canned lions – not just the way they die but they way they are forced to live before they are killed.

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4 farmstalls worth stopping at in the Overberg

12/3/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Travelling from Cape Town towards Swellendam along the N2 is often something people do when they’re on their way to the Garden Route further east. But if you plan your stops right, it can be a destination in its own right. Here are 4 farmstalls worth stopping at in the Overberg.

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Go on a guided marine walk at De Hoop Nature Reserve

5/3/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
It was February and as hot as Hades. Yet the guided marine walk at De Hoop Nature Reserve that would see us poking about in rock pools was scheduled to start at 11am – because that was low tide – and continue under the noonday heat. We nearly chickened out.

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I'm an independent travel writer and book editor with a passion for Africa - anything from African travel, people, safari and wildlife to adventure, heritage, road-tripping and slow travel.
My travel buddy and husband Keith is the primary photographer for this blog.
We're happiest in the middle of nowhere, meeting the locals, trying something new, or simply watching the grass grow.
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Interview with a Kalahari addict

Oranjerus: stop over near Keimoes in the green Kalahari

Detection dog helps conserve tortoises in South Africa

Global march against canned lion hunting

4 farmstalls worth stopping at in the Overberg

Go on a guided marine walk at De Hoop Nature Reserve

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