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Mama Never Said There'd Be Days Like This
This is a top pick! Sightings: Baboons, 8 Red Hartebeest (and 2 calves), Skinks, Unknown Lizard, Leopard (and cub) Tracks, Jackel Tracks, Duiker Tracks, 1 Vervet Monkey (in the wild - not the ones being cared for at the Volunteer House!) Yesterday was probably the best day ...
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End of One Chapter and Beginning of Another
This is a top pick! ... just sitting on a shelf, haha) So for the past month (because I now write this in January rather than the date I started this entry on) I've been back in Australia but a new blog will be started for all the new adventures in the wilds of Africa in 2011! ...
The Best Way to Spend a Sunday
This is a top pick! The last week has been a good one - not so many amazing animal sightings like the last but a good bunch of 'normal' (for here) none the less. Including one by chance leopard sighting on Al2's last officially scheduled drive where we randomly went looking ...
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Storms River
This is a top pick! Charlotte has morphed into Lara Croft. Not only has she learned to ride a bike AND attempted to Paraglide but our first day in SR was the most tiring so far - a huge hike and a treetop canopy tour (Ok, maybe not Lara Croft, more like Connie Huq) The ...
A Smell You'd Never Believe
This is a top pick! ... weren’t playing…) I got threatened with being thrown in the pool though if I ended up supporting England, haha. (It was a South Africa vs England T20 match.) We didn’t stay overnight and so headed back just before the end of the match ...
Garden Route Here We Come
This is a top pick! After the lavish meal at LQF, you'd have thought we'd have had enough food but oh no, we had a lie in and then breakfast. Steve made sure he had one of those tasty yoghurt and granola things just to keep the hunger at bay! We decided to take the route ...
Bayside Beauty
This is a top pick! Made up for missing out on Swellendam by driving through after breakfast. Nice enough but didn't look like we missed out on all that much. It was very busy as apparently it was payday. Drove along the N2 again and passed through George to Victoria Bay ...
Been a While
This is a top pick! ... , lol). We had a braai that night (with awesome fire thanks to T) and enjoyed a few drinks while we listened to the sounds of Africa (the bush and Jacaranda RMFM of course.) Dance Vir Mi even came on at one point - the night was top notch. The next day ...
Walking Steenbok
This is a top pick! Outing Day this Sunday and we went horseriding for something a little different. Cl is big into riding and one of the vounteers here at the moment works with horses so it's a good week to go. We used a place right in the middle of Hoedspruit, next to the ...
Aardvarks and 16 Hour Game Drives
This is a top pick! Many game drive adventures have gone on in the last week including some very impressive animal sightings. Saturday began with some sightings of rhino and the lions of course, even a blind snake (that A3 nearly got bitten by numerous times so he thought ...
PE - So good we went to the cinema, twice!
This is a top pick! Not the most brilliant compulsory Bazbus stop ever, we arrived at 11pm and were taxied down the road away from the hostel to 'Faith Alley' our own self-catered cottage. PE at night is about as pleasing on the eye as Chernobyl. It's badly lit, deserted ...
Aardvark, Hyaenas, Lockdown and Goodbyes
This is a top pick! This week has been a little hectic, it's only a few staff here so all the volunteers issues are completely up to us. Lots of fun and even making friends with the people at the hire car company is always nice. (I mean, I see some of the guys from Trophy ...
Pimpinyani Week
This is a top pick! So we're nearly at the end of what I have dubbed "Baby Week" or in Shangaan - "Pimpinyani Week." The week started off fairly normally Monday Town Trip (although I didn't go personally because there weren't enough seats.) So a few of us stayed behind and ...
Feelin' Hot Hot Hot
This is a top pick! [some comments removed] Meanwhile, I’ve been doing more orientation and trying to learn the roads (even more important now!). I got to see some more of the animals – even a few of the smaller being caterpillars of all shapes and sizes, ...
New Years Ranger Style
This is a top pick! ... . (A little too much though – there is so much left over!) We had to wait for the fire to die down a bit so we watched some South Park before cooking the meat. After we ate, 2 of the volunteers came down to join us and we had the start of F’s ...
Welcome to South Africa
This is a top pick! ... as I get off the plane. It's early in the morning and the 9 hour flight leaves me out of sorts when I realize I'm in Africa again! The cab ride (if you can call the 1982 nissan a cab) is very interesting in that we drive through what ...
Moholoholo Rehabilitation Center + my first Rhino
This is a top pick! We get an early start with a cold outdoor shower followed by a simple yet tasty breakfast. Everything is done at a snails pace here and I'm quickly taken by this relaxed mindset. My alarm, set to Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' wakes me up ...
The Cape of Good Hope Tour
This is a top pick! ... many beautiful views in one day. The Cape of Good Hope is fun and I hike/climb down to the southern most point in Africa and touch the waters where the Atlantic meets the Indian ocean. I contemplate a swim in the icy waters but get distracted ...
An Update and a Visit to Kruger
This is a top pick! Well, so much has happened I've been quite bad at updating anything lately. Last week we headed to Kruger for 3 days which was nice. A chance to see some big animals other than the odd antelope of ostrich is always welcome in my books. We were really ...
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Getting Charged by a Warthog Named Rusty
This is a top pick! Yesterday the plan was to walk out to the rock paintings and then on to North Gate for a boundary check. It was all simple enough so at the usual start time of 0800 we set off down to the cliffs were the paintings are. Rusty was hanging around as usual. ...
Sad Safari , Sunbathing and Spa
This is a top pick! Another 5am call. In fact we received two and when we got to the main area we discovered that a couple from the German group had not had their's so likelihood a mix up somewhere. There was less grey cloud and even a corner of blue sky! Hurray - our first ...
Rain, Rain, Rain
This is a top pick! A short entry today as we wait for the rain that has been on and off for the past few days to stop. I'm not talking about small showers either, these are downpours! We've had over 70mm 3 out of the last 5 days. The cat and dogs aren't really sure ...
Big 5 Close Up
This is a top pick! This week has been hectic! I realised half way through why I've been so tired - I've been so busy that I haven't had time for myu midday siesta (something very much needed when you get up at 0530 and to be no earlier than 2100 which stuff planned most of ...
Through Kruger National Park
This is a top pick! ... Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs and Elephants in Namibia! Within half an hour we were at the border. We checked ourselves out of South Africa and moved on to the Mozambique side where a chaotic scene lay before us, with hundreds of people everywhere, dozens ...
Arriving at Kruger Park
This is a top pick! After a solid breakfast at the hotel, we are picked up and whisked away to our safari! We sleep basically the entire ride out (almost 6 hours) but are kept awake for the last hour or so after picking up a swiss guy named Richard. He's absolutely ...
Sabati - Cintsa
This is a top pick! Well, looks like I finally made it. I'm at South Africa, 35 kilometers from Chintsa, the little beach village I told you about last time I was here. It's land inwards, the Komgha area, near the Sabati river. Very remote and secluded, a ...