This post is a little bit different than most but I thought I’d give everyone a little insight into the things that can go wrong on an independent trip.
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Author: budgetbirders
Cleaning up Sao Tome – ST&P
After a brief, but successful visit to Principé, we returned to São Tomé. It was Deja-vu as we landed and essentially repeated exactly what we
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The Locals Don’t Always Know Best – Principé – ST&P
It is necessary to visit both of the islands of São Tomé and Principé as they each hold a slew of endemics. But after buying
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Headed Into the Islands! – ST&P
São Tomé and Principé are two islands off the coast of Western Africa. Together they form the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state. (The least
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For Four Days… NO BIRDING – South Africa
For four days we packed up and prepared ourselves for our oncoming trip to Gabon. No birds were involved. The portion of our trip where
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Take the Good With the Bad – Kgalagadi Transfrontier NP
According to our Southern African Bird finder guide, Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park in South Africa’s far northwest corner is one of the best places in
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More than Nothingness – Namibia’s Only True Endemic
There’s more to larks than meets the eye.
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An Update Since Being “Home”
For anyone wondering, our days of living out of a truck and birding across the continent of Africa have come to an end. Anyone who
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Etosha
Etosha National Park may best be known for the large concentrations of game that gather around the watering holes at the end of the dry
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Victoria Falls – Zambia
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so they say.So instead of bogging this particular post down with whatever adjectives I can find to
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