 | Sketching in Hwange National Park |
Southern Africa is an artist's paradise and although I have traveled extensively all my life, I haven't found anything quite as intoxicating as the African bush. During years of camping trips in Botswana I had several unforgettable wildlife experiences including lions appearing out of the darkness as I sat at the campfire, a herd of several hundred buffalo plodding through camp to the river below and wild dogs chasing impala between our tents. But it's not all about action. In fact the quieter times are what remind me most vividly of Africa - watching Abdim's storks wheeling high on the thermals, listening to barking geckoes in the Kalahari or being woken by francolins at dawn.
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