Simba! The photo record

[EternalOptimist]

Got back from month in South Africa yesterday, did a mornings work this morning, then looked through my journal and my photies.
I thought I would post a photo of each day. ish



The waterfront in Capetown




Wall art in the Bo Kaap district




Babboon in the Robinson pass, north of mossell bay




Elephant browsing along the Letabe river. Kruger




Hippos in the Olifants river. Kruger




Wildebeest. Kruger




Cant beat a bit of mud to keep the sun off. Letabe river Kruger




Cheetah on the move. Kruger




on the prowl




a warthog. yum yum





Warthogs. Kruger




Giraffe in the dusk. Kruger




Zebra. Kruger




A hippo trail. Kruger




Hyena. Kruger




Impala. Kruger




species unknown. Kruger




elephant at night. Kruger




Elephant browsing at night




On foot in the bush. Kruger



part II to follow.

[Mich the Tester]

Your 'species unknown' in Kruger may be a dik-dik. How big was it?

[EternalOptimist]

Your 'species unknown' in Kruger may be a dik-dik. How big was it?

how bigs my dik dik ???


outside now. car park

[Mich the Tester]

how bigs my dik dik ???


outside now. car park

Somehow I thought you might say that.

[DaveB]

Your 'species unknown' in Kruger may be a dik-dik. How big was it?

Whats Sasguru doing in the South African bush?

[EternalOptimist]

Nice.

Have you picked up any exotic diseases or parasites?

my teeth itch due to the sweet foods. Their food is 'sweet or meat'
I am as brown as a berry, lost a stone and my muscles have gone hard again.
I did a lot of walking

[EternalOptimist]

Somehow I thought you might say that.

heh heh.
he was about a metre tall, and flighty. he knew i was there but he couldnt see me.
when I took a swig out of my can of castle, he was off like a shot

[Churchill]

my teeth itch due to the sweet foods. Their food is 'sweet or meat'
I am as brown as a berry, lost a stone and my muscles have gone hard again.
I did a lot of walking

You weren't the brit in the Mall with the Irish Ranger, then?

[Mich the Tester]

heh heh.
he was about a metre tall, and flighty. he knew i was there but he couldnt see me.
when I took a swig out of my can of castle, he was off like a shot

Hmm, too big for a dik-dik. Dunno. Not a duiker either; they're smaller than 1m.

[EternalOptimist]

Hmm, too big for a dik-dik. Dunno. Not a duiker either; they're smaller than 1m.

a lone male elephant had pulled the fence down a few days before we got to the camp, so we had all sorts sniffing around. I sat there on a bench overlooking the river, swigging lager,watching them, till the mossies drove me indoors