Today, the animal I have most enjoyed watching is the Hippopotamus

Hippos are big in the park. There are lots of them. Even when an epidemic of anthrax culled scores of them five years ago, they bounced back. It only takes a few years for their numbers to return to previous levels. Of course, no one mentioned “anthrax” apart from as a whispered aside. We don’t…

A few days in the life of a pride of lions

I am useless at spotting animals in the bush. They have to cross the road in front of me or be surrounded by safari vehicles for me to find them. I set off at 6am on Tuesday, in the doctor’s vehicle, to find a pride of lions in the locality. I followed one of the…

Mitsubishi Pajero

Who advises car manufacturers about the names they give their cars? An advertising agency? A focus group? Well it certainly wasn’t anyone who speaks Spanish. Check out what “pajero” means in Spanish using Google Translate. Or read on and I will tell you at the end of this piece. I’ll bet they didn’t sell many…

Daktari Safari

Following a short interruption of blogging services, I am now able to resume. I have charged up a dongle with a gigabyte of internet access and will be writing about my experiences as a doctor with the Luangwa Safari Association Medical Fund. I am an honorary consultant at the Kakumbi Rural Health Centre as well…