Restcamp Letaba Kruger National Park

... at a country pub. After half an hour in their, I wished I was at home being looked after by my mother who would have got me a giant bottle of lucozade on one of her eight daily social trips up to ASDA. We set out again when I felt a little better and finally made it to the gate into national park only to be told by the jobsworth, nasty old ***** at reception that we were five minutes too late to enter and would have to stump up 80 quid ...

... br><br>Writing this and thinking of a title for this entry, I couldn't help but being reminded of and hearing the song "Somedays" by Room Eleven (just look it up on YouTube if you're interested). It's positive and always makes me feel a giddy kind of happy like a little child "jumping, dancing, laughing, singing". This day gives me the same feeling and I will cherish it always and the Room Eleven song will always be the musical score to go with it in my mind!

... started so next day we were off heading for the Kruger park area on a luxury coach for 23 people with just the 4 of us !! so choose a seat &amp; get comfy. <br>There were many stops at incredible scenic areas such as Bourkes luck potholes, Gods window &amp; 3 Rondellas.....where water had sculptured the landscape....after 13 hours, we arrived in the dark at Manyaletti game reserve, this is part of the greater Kruger park where we were staying at Shalati ...

... near me that I keep in touch with and that I will continue to call him. I told him to go to his karate lesson that was beginning shortly. I asked for a phone kiss and gave him one as well, then we said our goodbyes. *sigh* We dropped nearly everyone off at the airport but 5 of us, including the guides, went back to the hostel since I still had some time to kill. We sat at the bar and I chatted with one of the guides. We swapped funny travel stories, we had some ...

... walking along in the dark with the torch and suddenly Bobby freaked out and we all started to panic and as he saw a snake; we thought it was a black mama (which can kill you within 3 mins!) but it was a baby python.  We headed back anyway! 7/11 - It was our last day in the Park but we were sooo desperate to see a leopard. We saw nothing in the morning apart from impala and a tawny eagle.  Suddenly someone spotted something in a tree but ...

We decided to spend our last week in South Africa in the Kruger National Park. Sue and Ray joined us, we hired a car and organised accomodation within the National Park itself. Laetitia from Campfire Safari's kindly helped us to do this, and was it a good idea to go there? Yes it really was as it finished our four months in Africa in the best possible way. We set off early on Monday 6th October 2008 and arrive at Phlawabora Gate not long after ...

... period of game driving. We had our fingers crossed that we might run into the same hyena cubs that we had seen earlier that day but about a kilometre before the junction where we saw them, we ran across an even more astonishing scene. Not only did we come across two new younger cubs that were taking cover in another of the drainage pipes running under the road but alongside them was their mother, a striking large hyena but the biggest ...

... game drive and travel to a lodge. That morning, I was able to get some rare shots of the White Rhino (I now know the difference between the white and black Rhino...........from mouth shape, size and dung deposits...........). Our German friend we were on the Safari with were fanatics with the camera, but on this mornings trek he decided for some silly reason to leave his camera back in the tent...........so he'll be getting my shot..........for a few hundred ...

... room for mistakes. And then the buffalo were down, and had staggered to within a rough 20 metre dispersal. It was impressive to watch. And then I found myself driving at full speed over the terrain. Why was no one else advancing? After the briefing I had been told to jump on the back of one of the bakkies. It just so happened to be the lead vehicle. White pieces of material were thrust into my hand. Blindfolds! 'Be careful as you run up to the buffalo. Put these tightly ...

... midday sun. The driver asked if he could help? We replied that we were waiting for a friend. And so he left. A little while later as I sat and listened to the continuing Clonk. Clonk. Clonk I noticed the truck was coming back. Was this good news or bad? Perhaps he was returning with some friends who would loot the entire car. 'Hi there! Still waiting for your friend? Let me at least tow you back to the Shell Ultra City up there on the hill. You can wait there ...