We came back from Yankari just in time to celebrate New Year’s Eve! Wish you all a lovely evening and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Within Hausa culture, the professional entertainer is called the “griot”. Whenever there is a public spectacle, you can find him, doing stunts and little plays for the general amusement of the people. His acts can be both musical and athletic, …frightening or dangerous… …artistic… …or a combination of all of the above!

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Famine food comes in so many varieties, and as you all know by now, I love to harvest from Nature’s Pantry! For this solar cooker casserole, which was served on Thanksgiving, I started out with lots of Eden leaves, which I crushed in a black pan (which is a must when it comes to solar [...]

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…or at least I will! These images are from our last Yankari visit in 2003: Elephants in the bush Surprisingly well camouflaged! Watch out when the cross the road. You may think there is just one- …or two… …but elephants move in herd, and you must wait until even the smallest one has cross the [...]

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This post is a little gift to Lisa over at Laughing Orca Ranch. As she is in love with paint horses and even paint equines, I figured few things would please her more than to scout for Paint Candidates at the Zinder race track! First guy up was Mr Killi. Actually, any horse that is [...]

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…to be continued…

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The best gift this Christmas was a trip to one of the Garvi family’s favourite places on earth: The Yankari Game Resort! We leave today! …To Be Continued…!

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When I brought Sheba with me from Sweden, I also brought a long a few dog toys so keep her stimulated, but little did I know that she would play with them so much. And so when Anette’s mother send us a Christmas package, she also sent gifts for Sheba too: new sturdy squeaky toys! [...]

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With so many things to learn and enjoy in this country, it is actually only when I look in my parents’ image archives that I realise how long I’ve lived in Niger! Christmas 20 years ago? Well, let’s take a look! Christmas celebrations at the club with the French school (December 1988) Moi on Christmas [...]

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Whenever there is a ceremony that calls for family unity (such as a wedding), you will see a lot of girls and women dressed in the same tissue. This concept is referred to as “uniforme” here in French speaking Niger. It means that all female relatives and friends get together and have new outfits made [...]

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Newborns are so precious, and just before Paige left for the US for two months, her darling bush dog Asha delivered five healthy pure blooded Azawakh puppies! Of course, we had to rush over to the PC hostel to see them! Paige – whose local name Na’ima – was one proud mother! And I think [...]

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When met by the sight above, you are most likely to assume that there is a major water leak going on around the corner, which requires your immediate attention. In our case however, it wasn’t a water leak. It was our beloved horses who had that particular day decided that they desired nothing else than [...]

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Sheba, our five month old Rhodesian Ridgeback lady from Sweden, loves to go to the office with us. There, the world is populated with pleasant dog friends! Although her wrestling buddy is Kinza, the German Shepherd dog, she has a special relationship with Aslan’s younger brother Baloo. It took a while for Baloo to get [...]

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