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Roaring at the dawn

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A lion roar is not to be confused with the petulant snarl that comes before a Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film. The real thing sounds like a god vomiting up the earth. It fills the bush from one horizon to the other and it fills the soul of listening humans with awe and terror. I was back on … Continued

All At Once I Was Enlightened

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Enlightenment must be like this… the sudden enlightenment of the Zen student who perceives infinity in an instant of time and is forever richer. I had arrived at Samara, in the Karoo in South Africa, the previous day. I knew the Tompkins family had loved and cherished the place for a quarter of a century … Continued

Romantic Settings at Samara

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We present our list of Samara’s top romantic settings – the perfect getaway for a proposal, honeymoon, anniversary, or even just to treat that special someone.