Glenn Dobbs
A Very Abu Birthday
"Thanks so much for the kind birthday wishes!" - Me The weather finally cleared and it gave us an opportunity to take a walk near the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 27, 20204 min read
Ladies' Fashions
"You are a modest queen, that knows her true worth by keeping her modest heart secure with shyness." -Herhiddensoul "Hijab is a symbol of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 26, 20203 min read
Notes on a Pandemic
“Trump is reportedly furious that the stock market is plunging on coronavirus fears” -Pippa Stevens We are in Abu Dhabi. We arrived at 5...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20204 min read
Genesis
"Unkulunkulu, the Ancient One, grew from reeds, or uthlanga, and brought with him people and cattle. Upon his own creation, he created...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 23, 20205 min read
Come Take a Walk with Us
“Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 21, 20203 min read
Cool Rocks
“A man must for years examine for himself great piles of superimposed strata, and watch the sea at work grinding down old rocks and...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 20, 20202 min read
"Hello Clarice..."
“(I have) a nagging suspicion that great wines must be made in spectacular surroundings” Frank Prial, Wine Critic for the New York Times...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 19, 20206 min read
Separateness
“(We will march the blacks) into the colony under their European superintendents, unarmed and provided only with implements of labor,”...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 18, 20201 min read
And now this...
“Imagine penguins and sea leopards outlasting the whole works. Well, probably they deserve to. Especially penguins. I don't think they...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 18, 20207 min read
It was Shamu's fault
"That's really dumb..." - Chris Dobbs (After he was told I was going to go cage diving with Great White Sharks today) I used to go scuba...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 16, 20202 min read
Help Wanted
"I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like sking" - Roger Moore (007) HELP WANTED: Would you like an exciting job in the tourism...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 15, 20204 min read
For Want of a Lemon
"On the island we found an unspeakable number of sea-dogs which lay on the rocks to bask in the sun...our men amused themselves by...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 13, 20202 min read
The Last Drive
The scary thing is that in my lifetime, 95 per cent of the world's rhinos have been killed." - Mark Carwardine Wednesday evening ,...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 13, 20201 min read
For Kendra (& the rest of the 'Young Families')
“The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 13, 20203 min read
Toto was wrong
“Except for the sound of the rain, on the road, on the roofs, on the umbrella, there was absolute silence: only the dying moan of the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 13, 20203 min read
The Rhino & the Kill
“You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.” ― Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa Sunday February 9th - We are nearing the end...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 7, 20204 min read
A Fender Bender
"I miss the rains down in Africa" -Toto We traveled to a new camp this afternoon. It’s been raining lightly which has broken some of the...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 5, 20203 min read
Fingernail Clippings
“We have lost the ancient wisdom that considers each decision on how it will affect future generations. We have to get back to thinking...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Ngala
“The cat may look like a lion, but that does not make it a lion.” -African Proverb “It’s good to be king” -Mel Brooks We left Makalali...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 3, 20204 min read
Musa
“If I have ever seen magic, it has been in Africa.” * John Hemingway (American author) Of all of the incarnations of Edgar Rice...
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