Haus Kopatsch Kiepersol

... the first refugees, he had been locked up in solitary confinement for about 50 years! Sometime after this, Eden got offered two young Chimps. They had no female to take care of the young chimps and so ended up putting them in the same enclosure as as the old man. To everyone's surprise, after so many years of solitude, Joao had somehow learned or remembered how to act maternal to the young chimps, comforting them, correcting them and teaching them. This was a great ...

... Dam. By the time we hit the Lower
Sabie road we were in high spirits and would have been quite happy to
leave it there......

Then, as tends to happen on the Sabie road or 'Eloff street' as my volks called it all through my childhood, we rounded a bend to be greeted by +- 15 cars all jostling for position.
This usually means one thing, a cat! After a few minutes straining to
see what all the commotion was about we were told by another vehicle
that a ...

... from one small campsite to another, in the most beautiful mountain area - lovely hills wherever you looked and hardly anybody there!! It was great and really gave us the feeling we are finally on holiday!

After 3 days of lots of walking and a staple spaghetti diet we were ready to leave Swaziland back over the border, this time with public transport (the first time was by organised transfer)... it took 6 minibusses and about 6 hours in total ...

... on the way, ending back in Graskop. We were hopeful that by the time we returned, there might be a wonder view, or a window to look out from. The Lisbon Falls were pretty but Bourke's Luck Potholes were worth a longer pause and paths and bridges gave access to a series of interesting pools sculpted from the rock by the fast-flowing river. We noted a pair of Klipspringers on the horizon. By now the temperature had risen by about ten degrees and we found ...

... a night drive through the campgrounds. Even though we just drove around the same roads that we could have driven ourselves during the day, dusk and early evening is a great time for viewing animals (and we're not allowed outside of the gated camp sites after dusk unless we're with an armed guide). At one point, we had three Cheetahs playing to ...

... Swaziland also has the highest percent of HIV/AIDS infection rate in the world according to some statistics. a lot of these kids i will be working with will be AIDS orphans. they are also suppose to be the friendliest people in sub-saharan africa. i am going to a drum workshop this weekend. i thought it meant i would be making drums, but i guess i will actually be drumming on drums. it is strange to leave a place for forever... but i am looking forward to this next placement.

... at home, and I am still trying to figure it all out. I am not saying the women are oppressed over here or cannot think and speak for themselves in South African society, but since I don't know how to handle the drifting in gender dynamics it isn't easy for me to maneuver in social situations. I have turned to ignoring most of the men I encounter, no matter what the social situation is. It's working better for me. I believe my brother claimed he ...

I landed in Nelspruitt on Wednesday morning, we're 10 hours ahead of everyone on the West Coast. The travel to my final destination was pretty uneventful like I said before, I did lose a sweatshirt on London and my water bottle in Joburg (that's Johannesburg for people who aren't in the know). I don't miss the sweatshirt, but I did miss the water bottle until I replaced it. So, I'm going to chalk up my trip to South Africa as one whole ...

... our social services are far from perfect." But nevertheless, we had a lively and enjoyable meal, and it really was enlightening. [LYNNE: As Andy complained about this nice woman, I reminded him about his frequent complaints about the French. Personally, I really enjoyed the people we met. Because Friday was a holiday here, there were a lot of locals taking advantage of the long weekend. It was great because we really got to interact with South Africans and talk with them ...

... are plenty and they're nasty, and he keeps ******** on my stuff! We also seem to have mice in our room... :) And: one fell victim to the other monkey. Flea, the satanic little gnome of a monkey with an affinity for ears, bit Sophie's ear and she had to have a team of doctors (=volunteers) with headtorches clean it and tape it up :) 17 Water won't deter the monkey anymore (he hates being squirted) and the sun is still poisonous to me. As of today, there ...