#mankwe

[tokiwright]

Take a break from the stress this Weds night at 10PM on Wright About Now with @TokiWright on @TheCurrent. This week is Music for Wellness with special guest DJ @heymissbrit. Songs by @ChancetheRapper, @LorineChia, @bigcatsbeats, @Goapele, #Mankwe, #Gangstarr, @KidCudi, @AshleyDubose and more. 89.3 Twin Cities. Streaming worldwide at TheCurrent.org.

[lilyalmeida]

South Africa

Okay so for those of you who don't know - I'm going to South Africa on Saturday for two weeks! It's less travelling/holiday more of a university thing (believe it or not!). I'm going with my university as part of my course. It's a twenty credit module (as opposed to the usual ten credits) that is made up of a short test and an assignment we do on the trip. The assignment is basically like a mini dissertation. We are given titles that we can choose from and then we collect the data on the trip and type it all up when we get home!

We're taking a night flight from Heathrow to arrive in Johannesburg at 9am to then get a two hour coach trip to Mankwe Reserve which is where we'll be staying for the whole two weeks (links at the end). There's no internet and limited service and considering my parents are off travelling the world (no change there...) it's not such a big deal. I'll send texts every now and then. I've never been to South Africa so I'm very excited. I've never been to Africa for that matter. I think at the moment, being a poor student, there was absolutely no money for me to extend my trip and go diving with great white sharks in the ocean (my number one bucket list dream) but don't worry...one day it will come true! But that's all for now. Just a quick post to let everyone know. I'll probably write one when I'm back - hopefully filled with lots of amazing pictures of the cool animals. I've never been on a safari before so I can’t wait! Really can't imagine how this is a module on my course not a holiday...speak soon! http://www.mankwewildlifereserve.com/ (Park we’ll be staying at for two weeks) http://www.parksnorthwest.co.za/pilanesberg-national-park/ (Park we'll be visiting near the end of our trip)

[fit4thabo]

Clearly it's an age thing. Or is it because of the kids and what they are learning. Birdwatching can actually be fascinating and I have no clue how those that follow it as a hobby can keep up with all the different types of birds. Introducing the Pied Kingfisher... I would have never never thought this little bird eats fish. Also known as a Water Kingfisher,the bird is estimated to be the world's third most common kingfisher. We spotted this little bird leaving #mankwedam in #pilanesberg #mankwe #birdpoker #bird #birds #birdwatching #nest

[g-w-f]

Golden grasses

[lets-start-with-forever-91]

Nkombi & Raine - Mankwe Wildlife Reserve, South Africa

[joshuamcphail-blog-blog]

Mankwe Dam, Pilanesberg. One of my favourite places!

[hiphopharambee]

Check out our feature on Mankwe & Medium Zach - they will be performing at this year's Hip-Hop Harambee.  Here, the two of them take a second to talk about the project that they produced together, called Science & Spirit.  Slug and Alicia Steele also weigh in on why they look up to Mankwe.

[flythestressaway]

Atmosphere Live in Philadelphia by nndosi on Flickr.