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South Africa: Tenikwa Center for “Lesser Cats”(1)

February 5, 2010

Do you, like most people who speak Spanish, think that “caracal” is a misspelling for “caracol” (snail)?  Well, it isn’t.  A caracal is one of the endangered wild cats of South Africa, about the size of a cocker spaniel dog, with beautiful face markings and big, dark ears, very shy and, unfortunately, fast becoming rarer [...]

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China: Life in Beijing

One of the great megalopolis of this world, Beijing never ceases to surprise me.  Even though the number of skyscrapers has easily quadrupled since the first time I visited in 1995, you can still find quiet corners where it seems as if time has stood still.  But believe me, it hasn’t.  Not here. If anything, [...]