“People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.”
DAVID LIVINGSTONE, CAMBRIDGE LECTURES, 1858
or me, entering the magnificent wilderness areas of northern Botswana has a profound effect. As my guide drives the sandy, potholed roads, explaining the intricacies of the ecosystem I am now a part of, I feel a deep and soul-stirring connection with nature. I am happy; simply happy to be alive. And the feeling of being extremely privileged to be