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oct 17 2011 Mana Pools: Buffalo attack, the night of hyenas

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

Mana Pools: el ataque del búfalo, la noche de las hienas

Suddenly comes a hyena that crosses in front of me, less than five meters, along the shore. At another time I guess I would have been paralyzed but not in the Mana Pools Park where one accepts the surprising part of the routine.

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oct 07 2011 Matusadona: the park that does not belong to the maps

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

Matusadona: el parque que no pertenece a los mapas

Matusadona is a treat to the senses. A unique park, very beautiful, Africa teaches from the waters. It is so removed from everything that seems to be hidden from the world, as if there's life to develop on his back, the shadows (...) This place has something of paradise vetoed, end of nowhere where I never found, of piece of land that belongs to the maps.

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ago 26 2011 Gonarezhou: the garden of the baobab

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

(...) Sometimes tourists ended excursions on foot after being assaulted and car stolen in the middle of the visit. A free in the package include a walking safari to the hotel. That is the past ...

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December 21 2010 Namibia: Kolmanns- coup, the ghost town of diamonds

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

Namibia: Kolmanns- kuppe, la ciudad fantasma de los diamantes

City, in the desert, is now a ghostly landscape. The once luxurious homes look like dunes go through doors and windows. The richness of the period in which flourished diamonds has given way to oblivion. There was installed the first x-ray machine in Africa, there was a casino, had air conditioning ...

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sep 23 2010 The desert of Namibia: mountain refuge
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Along with shelter, in the desert and surrounded by mountains, you can see part of the Namibian landscape fascinating. You climb a small mountain of rocks and is expected, calmly, to discard the sun. Then, on the walk back you can see a car, the years 50, more [...]

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sep 02 2010 7.200 miles after, Victoria Falls
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7.200 kilómetros después, las Cataratas Victoria

7.200 miles after, Victoria Falls. The roar of the water can be heard from afar, as a warning that the place was chiseled only for some chosen. The smoke makes up the water near the horizon. A thick layer of vegetation prevents tripping eyes until the statue of the first European to set foot on this land: David Livingstone shows the way to the wild water.

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