Tag Archives: moonlight
Catching frogs by moonlight, Thanksgiving, sleeping beneath the stars, abseiling and falling out of a tree
Barefoot in a marsh, the moon practically full, head cocked for chirps and looking around slowly for any hint of movement–frog hunting in Africa. Surprisingly no mosquito bites and home with three frogs and a water scorpion (all released to … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, braai, frogs, lajuma, louis trichardt, moonlight, south africa, stars, thanksgiving
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Playing in the mountains and a moonlit walk up Lajuma
As Hai, one of my climbing partners, would say, “You gotta trust your feet!”–something I’m definitely learning to do while bushwhacking through the bush. My work for the PhD student, Ben, has been centered around vegetation transects so John (the 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged baboons, full moon, lajuma, monkeys, moonlight, mountains, primates, samangos, south africa, sunrise, vervets
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