Archive for May, 2009
Ol Macdonald had a farm
We were lucky enough to visit a farm on the South Coast of Western Australia. Boer goats, horses, cattle, dogs, free range chickens – all living an idylic life.
South America without a clue – Part 15
Episode 15
13th June 1986
We pack damp gear and climb for over an hour towards the Alto Plano. As the air thins my resting heart rate rises over 90 and my breathing becomes deeper and more rapid. Instead of getting warmer, the chill of the night continues into the day. Trees that stood tall and straight are now stunted oaks festooned with Spanish moss and lichen instead of bromeliads. There’s a disconcerting roaring sound of wind blowing across higher slopes cloaked in fast moving fog. Soon we are enveloped in fog and trees become weird misshapen shadows.