Category: safari
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5:15 wakeup and on the road by 5:45. Shortly after departing, passed three white rhinos sleeping by the side of the road. As we came level with them, the foremost sat up on his hind legs like a great, armoured dog, yawned, blinked and tried to wake up and focus on us, but with very…
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Up at 5:30 for our 6:00 start, in a way that is now becoming frighteningly routine; may never be able to sleep in ’til 6:30 again. Sun still below horizon and very cloudy, still too early to tell if clouds would burn off and heat up or repeat yesterday morning’s performance. Just in case, took…
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Met our car mates at dinner last evening. Young couple from Florida who seem very pleasant, sure that we’ll get along. Morning started clear but clouds began to build as our drive progressed. Found the large 5 year old leopard that could hardly move after his impala feast of two nights ago. His belly was…
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Wakeup call came at 5:30 as promised. Pearly gray, early morning light with the sun not yet over the horizon. Quick cup of coffee and underway by 6. Had expected it to be cool and had brought layers, but very pleasant and short-sleeved shirt was sufficient. After previous evening, had expected animals to be waiting…
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Easy and pleasant breakfast with Susie and Rich and Ethne and Malcolm, then off to a local school in the rambling, black township about a 20 minute drive from Ethne’s. Ethne as well as Susie and Rick have been working with a school in the township whose pupils are local kids as well as some…
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Laird’s had packed a box breakfast the night before so up, re-packed and out by 7:30. Re-traced yesterday’s steps and beyond to George, the largest town in the area, and reached the George airport by 9:00, and turned in the car. Because we were flying through Jo’burg, we had been advised to have our checked…
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Lots has happened since last posting and I’m writing this two days after the fact but will try to keep the daily diary format intact. First, when we arrived at Lairds Country Estate, we got a phone call from Susie at African Avenue to tell us that she had both good news and bad news;…
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Spotless, perfect day. Early breakfast and on the road by 9:30. Over the last 7 or 8 days have worked out a routine for stuff that we’ll need and stuff that we probably shouldn’t have brought. Luggage is now divided into two piles and lots of auxiliary bags, suitcases, shopping bags and knapsacks. Terrifying to…
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Dinner at Jemima’s which is reviewed as the best restaurant in town. Very good meal; V had a skewer of local lamb chops which were much more flavourful and gamey than the ones that we get at home and I, in spite of the heat, had a braised lamb shank. Very good, but still not…
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