Blue Jay Lodge

... netting everywhere. Anthony the Palestinian in charge (he lives in Margarita but spends time at this, his best, lodge). Susanna the attractive manageress. Posh rooms with mosquito netting, porcelain toilets. Various pets : crippled cat dragging its ...

... round. We then got off the main roads and started taking some acutely winding, narrow roads to our stop for the night, The Blue Duck lodge. This was a remote site in the national park area, where a family run operation took care of the many, many acres of ...

... to us by our useless GPS navi system and a few wrongs turns here and there, we finally made it to our destination - Blue Jay Lodge.  Philip Nichols, the guy who runs the establishment and eerily reminiscent of an older Alan Rickman, stayed up to wait ...

... involved.  Either way, I feel much better that we've finally found our destination for the last leg of our trip - Blue Jay Lodge. I just have to book two round trip tickets from Johannesburg to Nelspruit and we should be good to go. I ...

... The switchbacks up were designed to ease the pain of the ascent, but they don’t.  We still have to go up.  A blue jay decides to pose and play with us.  He is amazingly beautiful.  Deep rich blue plume, with black undertones, he ...

... spot", we climbed a large boulder, sat and had our lunch.  While admiring the lily pad filled lake, we were visited by a gorgeous Blue Jay.  Since he was in the shade and I couldn’t get a good photo, I kiddingly asked him to move into the ...

... of the birds I quickly became very interested in is the "blue magpie" It is the Central American version of a cross between a blue jay and a magpie, but with way more personality. These comical little birds have a dozen or more mating/greeting calls, and ...

... the canyon including, mule deer, bison (even though they aren't native), coyotes, wild turkeys, and tons of different birds. We saw a bright blue-jay look-a-like and as I was sitting on the edge of the canyon alone, I could hear the flapping wings of the ...

... ;              We left Heath River and I went on to Sandoval Lake Lodge, Jay went back to Puerto Maldonado to an airconditioned room.     We had to walk through the jungle on a ...

... Catbird Snowy Egret. Least Sandpiper. Brown Jay Great Blue Heron. Limpkin. Orchard Oriole ...

... stick to our guns and even get them to stop at an ATM on the way (as I have very few dollars.  Getting to Jasmine lodge at 2:30am I’m surprised to find that the security guard is expecting us, has our key and shows us to our triple where we ...

... , we had a two-bedroomed cabina. There are birds in the grounds (Squirrel Cuckoo, Emerald Toucanet, Brown Jay, White-throated Robin, Keel-billed Toucan, Blue-crowned Motmot), which are pleasantly laid out and the buffet breakfasts are very good indeed. ...

... group which meant I was up to pack tent. I hate packing the tent!! The sky was a beautiful shade of pastel pink, orange, blue and purple. So pretty. Boys finished cook group early so I joined Muz, Martin and Oliver for boys walking club, good laugh. ...

... of worth the risk cars! But after passing Hotrods, theres a tiny lot with only 5 cars under the canopy! Oh...my...a blue...1976...VW BEETLE!! It looks amazing, great condition and for R10750!!! Ahhhhh half our budget! One problem, the gates are locked! ...

... choice but to start heading downhill, and fast. The four of them started walking out to Thukla which was 400m down. Unfortunately the only lodge at Thukla was full so Lakpa guided them all the way down to Pheriche in the dark. By the time the got down to ...

... been told the ticket included lunch and would take me to the place I needed to go to meet the guide from the Nature Lodge, where I would be spending xmas.  After around 10 minutes into the journey, the young guy checking tickets told me I would need ...

... a ripple of exctement ran through us. Showers? Hot water? could it be? After four or five hours of continuous riding, the lodge finally appeared, heavenly. We approached it on a dirt track that ran alongside a wide river,  through a ...

... nbsp; Wednesday night was effectively my Friday night as I finished the day shift at 5 o'clock and proceeded straight upstairs to The Lodge's bar.  I kept Mel company in exchange for her making me her great cocktails, whether it be a "Yellow Snow" - ...

... it was the same for everyone so we all had the same smell. Apparently its the sulpher or something in the water. The lodge had a communal lounge and kitchen with separate rooms. Very nice but not a drop of alcohol to be seen. Timmy was not happy ...