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DAY TEN
... living abroad. (Joël the mother refused to give birth to her children anywhere but the Netherlands). They have lived in many interesting places including Canada, Malaysia, and Qatar. We exchange information with them and promise that, if the opportunity should arise, one group will visit the other on their home territory.
We leave Nkorho Bush Lodge around 11 am. We aren’t looking forward to the 3+ hours of driving ahead of us, especially since the ...
DAY NINE
... means sleeping in until 7 am! And a leisurely bath. While catch up on writing, I chat with Anton, one of the up-and-coming rangers. He’s a very attractive young man with a perpetually stern expression, but he asks questions and seem genuinely interested in the answers I give. Actually, I’ve been quite chummy with the Nkorho staff, especially Cedric our guide, and with many of the lodge’s guests, because I’m very interested ...
DAY EIGHT
... except that during the morning drive we see a rhinocerous (solitary, old, male, which is a theme in nature). Then, on the evening drive, while sipping “champagne” (MCC) at a beautiful watering hole set against the setting sun, I spot a cape buffalo (solitary, old, female, which is very rare, since the females and young males tend to travel together, which is also a theme in nature). Cedric our guide is freaked out, because cape buffalo are among the ...
DAY SEVEN
... 2 pm (see first lilac-breasted roller! as well as lots of beautiful starlings and nkorho, the namesake of the lodge); afternoon game drive at 3:30 pm, pursue leopard tracks without successful result, but we do happen across “Gorgie” et al again; miss evening refreshments due to pursuit; return by 7 for 7:30 dinner (peppery corn “chowder” for starter, then buffet-style dinner: chicken curry and ...
DAY SIX: July 20
... It is situated on top of the Drakesberg Escarpment, which divides the highveld from the lowveld (“veld” means “field” or “flat lands” or something like that). God’s Window is nice but not as impressive as we thought it would be, not like the Grand Canyon (I imagine, though I haven’t been there yet). William was quite interested in the fact that just above God’s Window is a miniature rainforest. You ...
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