Kate Drennan, This Is Africa (Travel (ATEP 2017))

I grew up in Africa, It will always have my heart and has always been home away from home. Trekking through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and being charged at by a huge mountain gorilla was possibly one of the most terrifying and extraordinary moments I've encountered in Africa. Meeting and photographing the kids of the Maasai Mara was a really special moment. Giving them polaroid images of themselves was an incredible experience as some of these kids had never even seen themselves before. Meeting the San Bushmen of the Kalahari in Botswana made me realise how crazy life can be in the city and the leopard soon became my favourite animal in the world after visiting the majestic Serengeti.

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