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Asexuality, Pride, and Representation
While the community’s acronym is never-ending, LGBTQIA+, most of the blogs, most of the community, is at the left hand side. Asexuality doesn’t really sit well with the other identities. We promote the concept less than other orientations promote theirs, and you’re much less likely to see an asexual pride flag than most of the other community flags ( Read more... ) -
South Africa: Overview
So, I didn’t spend that long in South Africa, maybe a week in total, but I travelled across much of it from north to south. It’s a big country, and I pretty much only scratched the surface of it, but I’m sure I’ll be back. Consequently though, this means any overview posts I write about it will be purely my initial observations, and shouldn’t be ( Read more... ) -
The Matapos and Cecil Rhodes
It’s hard to talk about Africa and not mention colonialism; its effects down here in Southern Africa were a bit different to in West Africa, but that’s not to say they were any less harrowing - indeed colonial rule saw a long-term legacy through the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Zimbabwe is one of those many countries created by colonialism, ( Read more... ) -
A Day Trip to Chobe National Park
Botswana - cue images of hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, easily visible on a luxury safari. When places like Mole National Park or the Masai Mara simply aren’t enough and you feel the need to pay that bit extra and go deeper into the wilderness. It also has the added benefit of being traditionally amongst the least volatile countries in Africa ( Read more... ) -
A Day Trip to Victoria Falls, Zambia
To most people, the name “Victoria Falls” conjures up an image of a vast cascade of water, a loud and gushing torrent falling over a cliff surrounded by jungle amid a humid and sticky atmosphere.
To some people, however, Victoria Falls is the adrenaline capital of Southern Africa, where one can swim up to and peer right over the sheer drop of the ( Read more... )
