TRAVELLIVE 2-2016
I have a three-year old daughter. To teach her basic science knowledge, I always play some interesting games with her. One of her most favorite games is “raining ice cube”. We put an ice cube above a glass of a little hot water. Some seconds later, tiny water droplets will fall down like a lovely “rain”. February comes, new season greets us with drizzling rain whose tiny droplets dampen our hair and shoulders, running down our windows and blurring the world across the pane. Once my daughter woke up early in the morning and pressed her face against the glass pensively, and asked me “Mommy Mommy, there are some ice cubes on our roof, right? Our house is warmer so it rains like this, huh?”
I have a three-year old daughter. To teach her basic science knowledge, I always play some interesting games with her. One of her most favorite games is “raining ice cube”. We put an ice cube above a glass of a little hot water. Some seconds later, tiny water droplets will fall down like a lovely “rain”. February comes, new season greets us with drizzling rain whose tiny droplets dampen our hair and shoulders, running down our windows and blurring the world across the pane. Once my daughter woke up early in the morning and pressed her face against the glass pensively, and asked me “Mommy Mommy, there are some ice cubes on our roof, right? Our house is warmer so it rains like this, huh?”
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DAYS IN THE kINGDoM of<br />
BIG fIVE<br />
Upon stepping foot on African soil, this<br />
foreign land will enchant you with the<br />
exotic and majestic beauty of its vast<br />
wilderness, mesmerized by the images<br />
of giraffes craning their necks in the<br />
afternoon sun, leopards running swiftly<br />
in the savannah and lions roaring in the<br />
hot yellow sand of the desert. On our<br />
planet, only Africa has large enough<br />
wildlife reserves where the life-anddeath<br />
struggles between species can<br />
take place in such magnitude.<br />
However, there are only a few<br />
countries in Africa with these large<br />
and unadulterated national parks<br />
where you can immerse yourself in<br />
nature, sleep near swamps at the center<br />
of pristine highlands and rise amidst<br />
the curious eyes of antelope and wild<br />
boars. Of these parks, Kruger National<br />
Park in South Africa is the most<br />
famous with the largest number of wild<br />
animals. Kruger forest spans an area<br />
of 2 million hectares, approximately<br />
the size of Wales. Get in a jeep and go<br />
deeper into the forest, and you will be<br />
welcomed by the five classic African<br />
animals (the Big Five), namely the<br />
lion, elephant, wildebeest, rhino, and<br />
leopard. Moreover, you can also witness<br />
certain cultural treasures: a cave with<br />
prehistoric paintings by South African<br />
aboriginals and the remnants of the<br />
ancient kingdom of Thulamela which<br />
flourished centuries ago.<br />
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Text: Phan Cac Truc - Photos: Poulomee Basu @Poulomee / @Poulomee<br />
Shannon Benson @Shannon_Benson / @Shannon_Wild<br />
Russell MacLaughlin @Russ_Wildlife / @Russ_Wildlife - Other photos by ENV & CHANGE<br />
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