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Published on January 20, 2016

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies

written by TW

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"Lonely places, then, are the places that are not on international wavelengths, do not know how to carry themselves, are lost when it comes to visitors. They are shy, defensive, curious places; places that do not know how they are supposed to behave." - Pico Iyer, Falling Off the Map #picoiyerforever

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"Serendipity was my tour guide, assisted by caprice." - Pico Iyer #oldonyolodge #kenya #relaischateaux #relaischateauxafrica

"It doesn't matter where or how far you go - the important thing is how alive you are. Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love." - Pico Iyer #oldonyolodge #kenya #relaischateaux #relaischateauxafrica

At the risk of anthropomorphising this here flower, it was her war paint that stopped me, in the winding path through trees so thick and all-surrounding that we felt entirely alone, at peace and free, that mountain top feeling, head under the sea feeling. I wondered what her stripes stood for, could stand for, yes, fully lost in fantasy land and wondering where our 'souls', selves, essence, united... Was it for battle, intimidation? No. Honour? A mark of achievement? Maybe, but no. Camouflage? Well, it wasn't doing its job then. Part of a ceremony? Decoration? Protection from the elements? No, something more than that. Mental preparation? Like the war paint that helps the warrior to believe he or she is invincible, the magic of self-belief, a reminder of the power of self-trust. Yes, that was it, standing solitary and tall waiting for the sun to rise over the canopy of camphor trees and to shine on her, signalling the new day and new chance to open a little wider and rest a little easier, stronger, within herself. Flower lessons, they're a thing.

Head in clouds, feet on ground.

Oh the world is sweet the world is wide and she's there where the light and the darkness divide and the steam's coming off her she's huge and she's shy and she steps on the moon when she paws at the sky. #leonardcohen #balladofanabsentmare

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"His instinct had been right. This was a trip he needed to take." - Paul Theroux Image: #latergram on safari at @morukuru_family_madikwe

"Greene was not a natural journalist, which is to say he had no stomach for the grind of journalism, the delays, the daily filing of stories. He often repeated that he disliked journalists. His natural form was the thoughtful essay. He looked for vivid and life-defining experiences, not scoops." - Paul Theroux on Graham Greene Image: #latergram on safari at @morukuru_family_madikwe

"To me, that trip has been very important - it started a love of Africa which has never quite left me. Altogether a trip which altered life." - Graham Greene, in a letter to cousin, Barbara Greene. Image: #latergram on safari at @morukuru_family_madikwe #safariasawayoflife

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