Close encounters with a rhinoceros then after lunch I have a drink with a giraffe. Later on I meet a 14 year old blind Rhino. or more information on the Last Chance to See series visit the BBC’s Last Chance to See website.
Afrycam African Video – Episode 3 Darting & Carting
An early start for all us on day 2 in Kenya. This morning, the team will be tagging and moving a rhinoceros to avoid over population. I am honoured with a souvenir of sorts. or more information on the Last Chance to See series visit the BBC’s Last Chance to See website.
Afrycam African Video – Episode 2 Ivory Ash
It’s day one of filming for Last Chance to See and I’ve managed to fit in time to film for you, an extraordinary symbol of Kenyan action against Elephant poaching. or more information on the Last Chance to See series visit the BBC’s Last Chance to See website.
A suitcase of cables
Stephen Fry explains the suitcase of cables he takes with him when travelling
Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 18th October 2008 in The Guardian “Dork Talk” – The Guardian headline.
It’s farewell for quite a few months, I fear, as I head off to Africa, Mauritius, Indonesia, New Zealand and the Sea of Cortez to make a documentary about disappearing species. I shall be out of reach of broadband, mobile phone and even landlines for much of the time. That will not stop me from taking a suitcase full of cables, chargers, memory cards and connectors, however, and I thought I might, by way of valediction, give you an inventory of what this particular dork packs when he travels.
Photograph: Alamy
First of all, should all else fail, I will make sure that there’s at least one of Trevor Baylis’s products in my bag. Baylis, you may remember, pioneered the wind-up radio. On the eco-gadget site biggreensmile.com you can find his company’s practical and hardy hand-crankable media players, the latest (the Eco Media Revolution) offering radio, video, music, photo, text, phone-charging, memo recording and storage in most of the useful formats and codecs, all for £129.99. One minute of winding makes for 45 minutes of play, that’s the promise: a big British bargain. The same site has a Freeloader solar charger for £24.95 that will help with juicing up all my gadgets when I’m too hot and knackered to crank.
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Afrycam African Video – Episode 1 Packing
I’m off to Africa to film a new documentary with Mark Cowardine called “Last Chance to See”. This is the first of my private video diary series and I start by packing my essentials. or more information on the Last Chance to See series visit the BBC’s Last Chance to See website.
