kruger park and onward

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i met a couple of americans, carissa and liz, and we decided to visit kruger national park on the cheap. we rented a car and bought groceries, then headed to kruger. there we saw tons of elephants, ungulates, giraffes, rhinos'black and white, a huge black python, some strange birds. not to forget lions, warthogs (no they werenºt dancing but we kept joking about it), water buffalo and a hyena. we all camped next to some great south africans after having to tell the park personnel that we were sharing a campsite. they were booked and wanted to kick us out of the park. i remembered doing the same in yellowstone national park so we tried it and it worked.

then we three hopped a local minivan to swaziland, for mlilwane national park. we had an interesting trip as a tire blew out and we nearly tipped over. we didnºt, so all is well. i saw more of the same animals and this time i got some better photos. sadly, i got delete happy and deleted some videos from the phone. it doesnºt matter to much as i donºt know what i deleted anyhow.

i am currently in mozambique(sc). i finally have some time to catch up a bit with writing as we have been having a storm system move through. other than losing power every so often and having to redo all as well as dealing with an overdrawn bank account, all is well.

i hope these pictures tell stories worth thousands of words. some of you will i am sure appreciate brevity! lol!

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Photos

grass hut
i must add titles so excuse the unimaginative, i am on a time constraint. banking problems this morning.

i want this fence behind my airstream
this oneºs for you mums

fire tower
i hiked a few hours, to and from, a fire tower. my host is in next foto.

fire tower host
i enjoyed his company. the three guys outside asking for money, not so much!

ungulates
two toed beasts.

ungulates collecting pecans
i collected some as well and used on a rice dish and on my cereal. yummy!

dung beetle dance
they were funny, running and tumbling with their booty (excuse the pun?). they were both moving backwards too. i think this may have been a deleted video. darn.

find the eland(?)
i think it may be an eland.

transport
no i am not on my way to school, this is a long haul, intercountry bus. south africa to swaziland.

mozambique tool
this is the most worn tool i have ever seen. it was being used this day.

ferry to the ferry
i didnºt have the heart to ride.

check the patchwork.
one had a pair of jeans sewn in. the foto didnºt work out.

lucky me
i got lucky enough to catch this one all alone. just the crew wanted to cross in what turned out to be fairly poor conditions. they laughed when i showed my in case we swim bag with all valuables. shortly afterwards all crossings were discontinued. i had to ride around the bay to return to my lodgings. this was only after i took a nap seaside and woke up covered in sand, i had to cover my face while asleep cause it stung so much.