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Early to rise to catch out 10:50 flight home. I hope you all enjoyed our little adventure. I’m sure you can tell we have . We have a long day and night ahead , we should arrive in Portland by 9:00 tonight, plus about 8 hours. This could either be one of our favorite anniversary’s or one of the worst. See you all soon . Love to all, Mike and Sandi ... read more

Well it went from rain to storming sometime during the night. Mike and I decided to stay out of the rain and concentrate on getting packed and out of our tents on time. We had breakfast, managed to get packed and met everyone (except those diehards out on Safari), at the heritage lodge to hang out until our van came at 1:00 to take us to the airport. We relaxed, took some more pictures, and managed to squeeze in one more lunch before we left. The ride to Richards Bay seemed longer this time(probably because I was not napping), and it rained the whole way. We checked in at he airport and was told or flight may be rerouted or held up because of the weather. We were a little nervous because we did not want ... read more

We were up & in our Safari jeeps by 5:15,and headed to Hluhluwe national park. The reserve opened at 6:00 and we had a freezing 35 minute ride in a open jeep. The sunrise was beautiful. Hluhluwe is a much larger preserve with elephants and cats in it. We saw some beautiful views in the park from the lookout. There were herds of elephants wandering to the east. And then we saw zebras, more nyalas, and more and more elephants. We spent about 3 hours searching for the elusive lion pride that was spotted here yesterday. We stopped a picnic area in the park, and had our huge lunches that were packed for us. Two sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, cheese, sausage, muffins, nuts, a chocolate bar, and juice. And then there was the cooler full of soda, ... read more

Well another day, another Safari. We actually had a rather relaxing day after our morning Safari. We just hung around the pool, and each others rooms. We downloaded pictures (The Flaskaruds have an amazing camera) and exchanged pictures, experiences, etc. Once again we had a problem getting on line. We have not been able to download since we left London. We have experienced a bit of a problem getting extra tours scheduled. We think it just a cultural thing. Talk about laid back.. Not that we are complaining. It has been a wonderful day, just doing a lot of nothing, in this beautiful warm landscape. Oh yes, it is very warm in the afternoons ,(80's & 90's) but really is cool in the mornings and evenings. What we can’t figure out is how our cameras get ... read more

Well , the time has finally come to prepare for Africa. We are reorganizing our luggage, preparing for airline travel again. Everyone is off doing some last minute sight seeing in London. After breakfast Mike & I decided to take advantage of free hook-up at the hotel, and try to publish Some journals. We managed to send off 7 days, but it took all of our time left in London to do it. I think the blogs are a wonderful thing, but find it cuts into some of our tourist time. We will continue to journal, but may not take the time to publish until we get home. We will see how it goes. We all caught a van to Heathrow at about 2:30. ( as that was when the van was available) Our flight was ... read more