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My safari to South Africa was a disaster...

Started Feb 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
maggiemole Senior Member • Posts: 1,988
Re: My safari to South Africa was a disaster...
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Terrible Photographer wrote:

man, really sellin’ Africa for me..

Is it strange that I have absolutely no desire to visit that continent? Even if I was given free tickets, I’d likely pass on it. I’ve never heard anyone visit Africa and come back saying “Boy! I want to live there!”

I just hear “malaria”, “genocide”, “bugs”, “complete lack of infrastructure”, “military coups”, “s*** your brains out sick”

If Africa didn’t have such exotic critters, would anyone visit?

I've been once to SA and would gladly go back. Something about it made me feel strongly that this is mankind's home and it just connected. The 4 days in the Kruger were with relatives who knew it well, so no organised safaris and no pressure from people with specialised interests - that would have driven me mad! Looking back, I'm just sorry that I had such a primitive camera and little knowledge of how to take good photographs, but even the ones I have bring back good memories.

Maggie

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