A Quick Guide To South Africa

It has been said that once you have lived in Africa you cannot comfortably live anywhere else, that once you have have dust of Africa between your toes, it is there forever. It is the smell of that dust and of chilies, of late rains on dirt streets, of wood smoke in the chill morning air, of grilling meat on a warm evening in the bush, or in a city garden. It is the sound of the cicadas, the deep belly roar of a lion, or a street vendor selling today's newspaper. It is the feeling of sweat running down your back, or a mosquito on your ear. It is the sight of a sunrise over the Indian Ocean or a sunset on the sands of the Kalahari. It is the feel of Africa. You need to be here, in South Africa, to experience it.

-David Holt-Biddle