Skip to Main Content
  • Home
  • About Russ
  • Contact
  • About Well Water
  • WellWaterTravelSeries
    • Atlantic Africa
    • Ecuador and Galapagos
    • Central European Tour
    • Steinbeck’s California
    • WWII Europe
    • Greek Odyssey
    • American Oddities Tour
    • South Africa – The Beloved Country
    • Hudson’s Bay – Polar Bears
    • Cumbria and Scotland – Where We Belong
    • American Deep South
    • Spain – Tilting at Windmills
    • Ireland – Leprechauns
    • New Orleans
    • Boston USA
    • Chicago
    • Nashville
    • Cuba
    • Nashville
    • San Francisco USA
    • Phoenix USA
    • Canadian Maritimes
    • Scotland
    • Montana USA
    • New England USA
    • Texas USA
Well Water Well Water

Stories Drawn from the Deep

South Africa - The Beloved Country

I Will See Africa
29 Jan 2023

I Will See Africa

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Travel | 7
This entry is part 1 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

My fascination with Africa began during a Saskatchewan blizzard.

Click on the African sky for details…

Cry the Beloved Country, Nelson Mandela, Africa, Zulu, Alan Paton
Home to Africa
30 Jan 2023

Home to Africa

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0
This entry is part 2 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

It will take about 20 hours to fly from Calgary to Johannesburg, a relatively brief journey when you consider that the outbound leg of the trip took 200,000 years.

Click on the wing tip for details.

Africa, Day 1, Human Migration
Sala Kakhule
30 Jan 2023

Sala Kakhule

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, Travel | 2
This entry is part 3 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

Together, we will take trains, planes, and automobiles across three southern African countries.

Follow the blue line to Africa…

Enroute, Delta Air
Which of Us is Truly Alive?
1 Feb 2023

Which of Us is Truly Alive?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Travel | 5
This entry is part 4 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

I came away from the experience with the sense that, despite the difficult reality of living in Africa, there is a wholesomeness to life here.

South Africa, Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg, Mandela
A Sleeping Lion
2 Feb 2023

A Sleeping Lion

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Travel | 2
This entry is part 5 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is arguably the most popular South African song of all time.

Click, carefully, on the Lion.

Lion sleeps tonight, Soloman Linda
The Elvis of Anthropology
3 Feb 2023

The Elvis of Anthropology

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, Science and Reason, Travel | 2
This entry is part 6 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

Homo Naledi lived in the Rising Star Cave System, northwest of Johannesburg.  

Click on Naledi’s frontal lobe for the whole story…..

Dreamers and Poets and Clowns
4 Feb 2023

Dreamers and Poets and Clowns

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, Science and Reason, Travel, Family History | 2
This entry is part 7 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

“If only I could travel faster than the speed of light, I could be there in a year or two”.

Southern Sky, Alpha Centauri, Proxima, Crystal Gayle
One Hundred Cows
5 Feb 2023

One Hundred Cows

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 6
This entry is part 8 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

The custom of negotiating lobolo, (a bride-price), seems like a tradition worthy of consideration in the western world.

Zulu, Lobolo, Bride price
None Were Victorious
6 Feb 2023

None Were Victorious

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Travel | 2
This entry is part 9 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

Mphiwa lost two great grandfathers in the Anglo-Zulu conflict.

Rorke’s Drift, Anglo-Zulu War, Isandlwana
The Tikoloshe Under The Bed
7 Feb 2023

The Tikoloshe Under The Bed

by Russ Paton | Posted in: South Africa - The Beloved Country, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 6
This entry is part 10 of 23 in the series South Africa - The Beloved Country

When one Zulu meets another he will ask; Inkaba yakho iphi?, literally “where is your navel?”

Click on any Zulu for details…

KwaZulu Natal, Religion, Culture, Zulu, Soweto

Posts pagination

1 2 3 »

© 2026 Well Water - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP