sorry for the delay. Internet access is spotty in places. this trip is getting better and better. I would have never believed I love South Africa so much. Lets see, when I last left you, we were heading to the private game reserve. We saw baby Cheetas and were right up on them. We saw elephants, right beside theopen air safari vechile we were riding in, same with giraffes. I have some great pictures. this new camera is wonderful but it does eat batteries. that is one thing I dislike. Sorry no pictures today. I'm limited on time and want to right more, plus I need to resize some of them down before downloading. New Years eve I got to fly in a microflight plane. I did see some buffulo but not much else. We then ... read more

wow is all i can say. we drove to our lodge on tuesday. it was long but we saw a lot of beautiful scenary. We got here and then went to a cultural center and had a local dinner and learned some of the old customs. Wed we got up and did a game drive. we saw giraffe's (several near our lodge) and elephants, water buffulo,.... 26 differernt kinds of animals in all. We got back late, had dinner and then bed. Today we got up and started the panoramic tour and saw some beautiful scenary and then went white water rafting. Shelly was in heaven. oh, yesterday I dropped my camera. boom. it is having major problems. no problem, we were having camera envy from one of our group. they had his camera (almost exact) ... read more

we getting ready to board our flight to Joburg (south africa). It has been a great day and we're going to miss everyone and hope you all had a great Christmas. Happy New Year to y'all. And now we're off to an adventure of a lifetime. more later Claire & Shelly... read more

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