Mopaya Safari Lodge
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Réhabilitation, canyon et passeport
... je retourne à son gros sac et en tâtant avec mes mains je découvre un tissu plus soyeux que les autres, pour finalement m’apercevoir que c’est une ceinture de sous. Un peu excité, j’ouvre la fermeture éclair… et j’y découvre le passeport de Michel! Ouf! De toute évidence il ne l’avait pas emporté avec lui aujourd’hui et l’avait laissé dans son sac… au rythme où l’on va et le manque de sommeil ...
Africa
... hunting as they were the most dangerous and sought after animals. Now most people only want to shoot them with their cameras (and did we see a million dollars worth of cameras!) but poaching is still a big problem. The Kruger National Park alone has lost one black rhino and over 100 white rhinos to poachers since January. By the way, it is uncool in South Africa to say lions, elephants, etc. All us old safari veterans drop the "s".
We had ...
Day 3 - I love this place!
... climbing on top of each other; it was quite a sight to witness. Did you know that elephants after 35 years of age, which is when they reach their full size never lie down, their sheer weight could kill them?
What a morning, and again all this before 9:00am, then it was back to the lodge for breakfast, followed by another informative bush walk. Now, we get to rest until 2:30 when we have lunch, and head out for our 4:00pm game drive. Today, while we were having ...
Travelling by bus
Long bus ride to our beautiful accomodations near Blyde River. There are 16 of us including our guide, Yue and our driver Gilbert. We travel in a small bus, quite comfortable and we pull a trailer with our luggage. The roads are good, mostly 2 lanes and paved. SA is very mountainous and the roads are windy. I am thrilled that I haven't felt sick at all, which is amazing because I've removed the anti-nausea patch due to side effects, very dry mouth. I cannot close my eyes for ...
Mobile Update
... and sound. The kids gathered around the second story bar around 4 30 to see the resident bush babies pop their heads out and I have to agree with them they are very very cute. We had some drinks and chatted with our new found friends and then we got ready for dinner. Tonight our tables were set up differently that the normal circle around the fire and we had been separated into groups with our names on the tables, it was kind of nice to eat just the four of us for a change, the dinner ...
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