Schneider'S Guest House White River

... forced to drink, smoke or even use drugs, to ones kept at home and dressed like a little girl.
Jessica was clear about one thing though. A Chimpansee is a predator and keeping one can only result in death as it matures. The death of the Chimpansee, the death of the keeper, the death of one of the other pets in the neighbourhood or, even worse, one of the little toddlers in the neighbourhood.

However, like I mentioned before, the stories about their ...

... The last animal we saw just 100m from camp was a
big heard of buffalo that blocked the road and nearly made us late.

That evening around the braai as our meat cooked, we wondered on what
tomorrow would bring, one last morning in the park and still no big
cats. Little did we know how lucky we would be.......

Brimming with excitement we were the first out the gates and were heading for
Lower Sabie. The first animal we saw that morning was ...

... and video of it as it just lay on the branch. We waved another couple behind us to slow down and pointed out the leopard to them. We drove on after a few minutes onto Lower Sabie. This camp last year we were really impressed with, and it still looks excellent. We were surprised to see that the viewing area overlooking the river was taped off, no notice explaining why it was off limits. We walked around the very good shop there ...

... and bushbuck). Then we drove ahead a bit more and came right up on... 3 giraffes no more than 20 feet from the front of the car. They were eating from the trees and looked like they could care less that we just drove up on them. We watched them in wonder for five minutes or so. (Alyssa: btw giraffes have PURPLE tongues!) We then drove around for fifteen minutes or so and the rangers saw something that none of the others saw and began to drive off road into the bush.

... running water. These shack were basically a "Save the Children" commercial. Very sad. They were very happy to see us. I had 2 of them jump into my arms with was surprising. We walked down the street carrying them or swinging them along. They liked practicing there English on us. The older children wanted us to give them money for sweets but the younger ones were just happy to see us. I ...

... trip in the bush anyway. I saw lots of termite mounds that sure looked like leopards or cheetahs lying on rocks. But then a second glance and you know its just a termite mound. So there you go. I have done my first proper wildlife viewing and it was unbelievable. Again I can't believe I was so lucky to have seen so many animals and almost all of them were very close to the road so I shouldn't have too many photos of bush with an elephant barely visible in the distance.

... is getting the adding with symbols thing. Sometimes he gets it right, and other times he is way off. We've had to review numbers over ten everyday, he has his good days and his bad. I started a new trend today with coloring in faces that I drew. I was trying to list all the body parts by drawing a face and then everyone wanted a face in their notebook. So I wnet ahead and drew a whole bunch of faces, and as I said the English words, people would use ...

... think I will enjoy the house to myself. 10 people to one shower isn't the best ratio ever. I am going to go to church with Binki and her family, which sounds a whole lot more enjoyable than last weekend. I have had a couple requests from family and family friends about my address, which until April 5th will be: Anne Conners P.O. Box 3417 Barberton 1300 Mpumalanga South Africa If you are interested in sending the pre-school supplies ...

... powered by 2 AAA batteries, would only illuminate a leopard standing within two meters of the vehicle. LJ laughed hysterically, and I soon succumbed to the laughing gas that has been affecting us since our encounter with Ester. The challenge, of course, was that we had been instructed to be silent as we sought the leopard. As a result, we felt like Elaine at the piano recital when Jerry offered her a Pez, and she could not stop laughing. Unfortunately, despite my noble ...

... 22 On our second full day, we encountered more zebras with little ones, elephants destroying trees by the road :) and giraffes doing much the same but not being shot for it, and lastly in the evening a friendly hyaena right at the fence expecting dinner to be served. He was young and not shy at all and not altogether unlike a patient well-trained puppy. I was surprised at how innocent and handsome he looked with his big brown eyes and ...