More of the 5 Star Treatment

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Geo: -24.7805, 26.2972

David, our guide woke us up at 4.30 this morning. We quickly got dressed and had a coffee and pastry in the lodge before walking over the swing bridge to the car. It was still dark. We had a beautiful, fiery orange sunrise. We saw a white rhino, black-backed jackal running past, giraffe munching on leaves, a large pack of wild dogs (one of three in the park), Southern Yellow Billed Hornbills (also known as flying bananas), wildebeest, springbok, zebra and impala.

When we returned it was breakfast time. Breakfast started with a fruit platter, then cheese and cold meat platter, toast and hot breakfast. It was so much food and all delicious! Once again we met with the general manager and discussed the job. We came to an agreement. We are now employed! It was hard to believe that it was so easy and for our interview we had the 5 star treatment- now we know what it is like for our guests. We agreed to move in on Monday and be ready to start work on Tuesday. We were pretty excited. The staff that we met were quite friendly and positive about working at Jaci's. We said goodbye and left. On the way out of the park we saw a dead puff adder on the road- it made Paul's day to see a snake. I was glad that it wasn't alive.

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Photos

01 Back
A bird with its back to us.

02 Sunrise
A beautiful bush sunrise.

03 Sunrise
More of an amazing African sunrise.

04 Rhino
A white rhino with its tail all curled up.

05 Rhino
A frontal view of the white rhino.

06 Jackal
One of the park's smaller predators - a Black Backed Jackal.

07 Running Past
The Black Backed Jackal as it ran past our vehicle.

08 Giraffe
A giraffe towering over the bushes.

09 Full Alert
Part of the pack of wild dogs, which seem to be on full alert and ready become active.

10 Big Ears
Their big ears are listening to the sounds of the bush.

11 Patchy
A close up of the Wild Dog's patchy fur - white, black and golden.

12 Towards
A wild dog running towards the vehicle.

13 Past
The wild dog running past the vehicle.

14 Flying Banana
A Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill- also known as a flying banana.

15 Pair
A pair of Southern Yellow Billed Hornbills.

16 Landscape
Some of the landscape in this reserve.

17 Landscape
More of the landscape with wildebeest resting under the shade of the trees.

18 Icon
A springbok- the country's national animal.

19 Hiding
A dazzle of zebra hiding in the shade of the trees.

20 Hiding
Wildebeest also hiding in the shade of the trees.

21 Kissing
Two zebras sharing a kiss.