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Month: July 2015

Smoke on the Water

Smoke on the Water

by Avi Alpert on July 31, 2015 with No Comments

Victoria Falls is a true wonder of the world – a wonder in international marketing. Sure, the falls are beautiful but no more spectacular than many others we have seen and less spectacular than several (my favorite to date being … Read More

Southern Africa Overland lunar rainbow, moonbow, victoria falls, zambia, zimbabwe
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

by Avi Alpert on July 28, 2015 with 1 Comment

We were on our way back to Horseshoe Lagoon for sundowners to conclude a very productive game drive when Karen saw ears sticking up in the grass. What’s that Avi? My eyes immediately knew what it must be but my … Read More

Southern Africa Overland african wild dog, botswana, bwabwata, caprivi, chobe, kasane, mafwe living museum, nambwa, namibia, painted dog
Antifragility

Antifragility

by Avi Alpert on July 23, 2015 with No Comments

Even before Taleb coined the term, me and my colleagues at CEB were trying to teach the same essential concept to CFOs and Chief Risk Officers – the idea isn’t to merely build a risk management program that can survive … Read More

Southern Africa Overland angola, antifragile, hoba, mahango, mbunza, namibia, ngepi, nkwazi
Rare & Endangered Conservation Efforts

Rare & Endangered Conservation Efforts

by Avi Alpert on July 19, 2015 with 1 Comment

Avital locked in on it from day 1 – we could not leave Africa until she saw a pangolin. Sure, I encouraged here to pick her ‘must find’ animal – but was it really fair for here to pick what … Read More

Southern Africa Overland cheetah, dik dik, etosha, lion, namibia, pangolin, rare and endangered species trust, rhino
On the Road Again

On the Road Again

by Avi Alpert on July 14, 2015 with No Comments

Our injuries are on the mend and we can’t wait to get on the road again, goin’ place that we’ve never been. Karen is recovering well after her surgery, I picked up our Toyota Hilux (it’s not a Defender, for … Read More

Southern Africa Overland chameleon lodge, namibia, southern cross safaris, windhoek
Kindness of Strangers

Kindness of Strangers

by Avi Alpert on July 8, 2015 with 7 Comments

It could have been much worse, maybe given the nature of the accident it should have been. It all happened so quickly – a slight application of the brakes, car starts to slip to the right, maneuver to avoid the … Read More

Southern Africa Overland aardwolf, chameleon lodge, crash, land rover, namib, rollover, sesreim, solitaire, soussevlei, windhoek
The Other Grand Canyon

The Other Grand Canyon

by Avi Alpert on July 1, 2015 with No Comments

After crossing the Mata-Mata border into Namibia we traveled for 100 miles over red dune after red dune seeing not a single other soul until a lone San tribesman rode towards us on a bike in his out of place … Read More

Southern Africa Overland ai-ais, canyon roadhouse, fish rive canyon, keetmanshoop, namibia, quiver tree forest
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