Category: South Africa

Summer Holiday 2016

A Visit to Australia and Tanzania via the Scenic Route This year, Zawadi decided she and the children—Amani and Malaika—would decamp to Tanzania for the summer. I, too, was long overdue for a trip to East Africa. At the same time, I felt the gravitational pull of Australia and a growing sense of familial obligation. …

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Lion Attack

Not many people know about it, but back in 2001 whilst travelling in South Africa I was attacked by a lion. Three actually. Only through quick thinking and by using my video camera as a weapon was I fortuitously able to escape the jaws and claws of death… [hana-flv-player video=”https://kakoschke.net/wp-content/uploads/lion-attack.flv” width=”500″ description=”Lion Attack” player=”5″ autoload=”true” …

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