The roles are reversed today. When my very dear friend, Gina Clifford, returned to Africa for her third visit, I planned to interview her about trekking for gorillas in Uganda. Many Tin Trunk clients do it there and in Rwanda and I think it’s time we hear from them on just what makes this one of the most sought-after and soul-altering journeys on our planet. 

Alas, for another time. For Gina convinced me to let her interview me as a result of the many conversations we had about Africa, the animals, the people, and what the future holds as we went around Africa: trekking in that lush Bwindi forest, flying to the Maasai Mara and Northern Kenya  in my plane 5Y-BAD, and boating up the Luangwa river in Zambia. 

 It seems this is meant to be – a moment of reflection - on my life, my commitments and how I want to walk the planet - as well as the important role I see my travel business, Tin Trunk Safari , plays in all of this. 

 Just a few days after this Zambia trip, I was invited to be interviewed on Global Adventures, a tv programme that you can watch on you tube. It was my first television appearance and the interviewers focused on how travel transforms us and how my life has led to designing the kinds of trips in Africa that aim to do just that for our clients. 

 You can watch this on  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlJLac8RRJg

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 I invite you to share in this retrospective – and introspective – moment by watching the the show and listening to this interview. 

Gina and I spoke from her tent looking over the river from our bush camp, Kakuli, in the South Luangwa. You might remember my interview a while back with Abraham Banda, our guide from Time and Tide. In that interview, I said I wanted to come back and experience the South Luangwa in Zambia during the off-season, when the river has swelled so much you can boat through ancient forests of Ebony trees. 

 And so we did. 

 Enjoy our chat.

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