Emerging market growth is good for companies like Caterpillar (CAT) and staple US names like Coca-Cola (KO).

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Then, they started blocking us, and it was a cat-and-mouse game the rest of the summer.

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It's that we don't really mind ripping off huge fat-cat corporations, which would probably do the same to us given half the chance.

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Only the Cape genet (a spotted, cat-like mammal native to southern Africa) attempts any level of interaction with us on the first night, skulking just outside the light circle of the campfire in anticipation of some leftovers, having become accustomed to the free handouts at the overnight stopping points.

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