Getaway

RUNNING STRONG

Itʼs not unusual to find the bones of animals scattered under these skies, black horns spiralling from a white skull, the rib cage of an elephant, or the delicate skeleton of a bird. But when the bones are human, the immediate thought is of oneʼs own vulnerability.

I was born in Zimbabwe and often return. I watch the slow opening of SAʼs borders with longing. By the time this is published, South Africans will be able to venture there. Iʼm biased, but if thereʼs one place Iʼd recommend for a post-covid cross border, itʼs Victoria Falls.

On a visit in 2019 I was standing alongside the Zambezi River with guide Vusa Sibanda and a small group of tourists. Twenty yards away, a

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