The compelling symbols of the silver giants dominating the Limpopo forest – slow moving, hip-swaying mammals and magnificent age-old trees appearing to grow upside down - were slotted into place on a night when sweeping winds brought an unexpected rain shower. It was taken for blessings showered upon an auspicious occasion in Africa. And so a blog was eventually born.

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elephants+baobabs serves as online platform for blogger and photographer Yolande Nel to feature the bold homegrown stories of the people of Limpopo, South Africa.