Buenos Aires! meeting Shirlene in Tango Town!!

Bienvenido a Buenos Aires!  -  Welcome to Buenos Aires!

Buenos Aires - what a place to be!! 

And eventually Shirlene and myself met!

We decided to meet in Buenos Aires, it is about half-way 

between Costa Rica and South Africa, and it sounded nice, 

exotic and romantic! We spent a week doing our own thing, 

and what a week it was!!!!!

For those who don't know, Shirlene is from Costa Rica and 

we have been in constant contact for about six months. 

I was to meet her in real life when I was visiting Costa Rica 

in July past. The trip then turned out a mega disaster, 

and I returned home after being stranded in Brazil for 

two days. 

But that is history and we certainly made up for that 

during the week in BA!!

Enjoy the slideshow below, or if you want a better view, 

click it, and mess around by yourself!

Easter weekend visit to Ithala

The long weekend I had the opportunity to visit Ithala game reserve in KwaZulu/Natal. Last time I was there was way back in 1995, and what a pleasant surprise. I had more time to explore this time around and although nearly winter, the birding was quite good - even picked up a new lifer!
Some spectacular scenic views and very good game viewing. Must go back there in summer.

Digiscoping

Here's just a few digiscope shots. This is pretty new to me and I'm still exploring... I will post some pics and info on the equipment soon, and also the microscope bit - now that is fascinating, but I still have to build up a better lighting setup. In the meantime, I include one shot of a butterfly (papilio demodocus) egg with the larva eyes/hairs clearly visible - it measured just on 1 mm!

Quick trip to Botswana

Had some time recently to drive up to Botswana - just a quick drive from Pretoria, going round the south of the Okavango delta, up to the Caprivi, then east to Kasane, and back to Pretoria.

A lot of driving in a very short time, but still a nice break!

Dewald's personal blog

My blogspace was created to show who I am and what I do, and sometimes what I don't do! It also shows what I can do, but I'll try not to show too much about what I can't do!!