Blogs from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 2

Vrijdag was het weer zover, we gaan er weer met z’n allen op uit! ’s Ochtends vroeg gingen we weer naar het Avis kantoor om onze auto te halen, natuurlijk klopte er weer iets niet en stond er 1 auto klaar in plaats van 2.. Er was natuurlijk ook nog geen tweede auto, er zou over een half uur wel weer eentje terug komen. Dus eerst maar 1 auto helemaal in orde gemaakt, en die was voor mij, een supervette Chevrolet Spark! Nou daar gingen we dan, ik in de auto. Alle knopjes en dingen even testen, het werkte, en daar gingen we. Eerst nog langs iemands huis voor wat laatste spulletjes, daar in het zonnetje gewacht tot de volgende auto ook in orde was. Na een tijdje wachten kwam er een blauwe Spark aan. Toen ... read more

Safari, Safari, Safari - BIG 5 (Næsehorn, Elefant, Bøffel, Løve og Leopard) og det sorte billede er altsaa en løve - smil! NU mangler vi bare Leoparten som vi naturligvis håber at se i Namibia. Så var der også alle de andre fantastiske dyr på den Afrikanske savanne - giraf, zebra, gazelle, smukke fugle, eland, "Pumba" og alle de andre! Så BIG 4 nu med smuk solnedgang, hytte på savannen som ovenikøbet tilbød udsigt til badet. Hr. Sandemann og Fru. Koudal paa eftermiddags "drive" og på meget meget tidlig morgen "drive" - til alle som endnu ikke har varet paa Safari - Gør det! Det er en helt ubeskrivelig oplevelse at være i de naturlige omgivelser og komme så tæt på dyrene - det kan ikke undgå at påvirke og sætte sig spor! Mennesket så farligt ... read more

Geo: -33.9366, 25.5709We half-expected Gordon Ramsay to step into the kitchen, screaming insults, slamming plates of food down on the counter tops, and throwing the microwave out the window, as tonight, we had one of our worst meals in recent memory. What kind of expletive-laden cracks would he make about this place? Who would he make cry? No doubt that his carefully-worded barbs would have left us rolling on the ground in tears of laughter, not the tears of sorrow we cried over our meal this evening. Having chosen our guesthouse for its proximity to the airport, this meant that there weren't any good dining options within walking distance, so for convenience, we decided to sample our guesthouse's three-course set meal - a mistake!There obviously weren't any other guests joining us for dinner tonight, but that ... read more

It's the weekend before I leave and I am on lions today. I got to bottle feed Josh for half of his bottle, and Meghan did the other half. The only reason why I wanted to do it was for the pictures, I've already done it a few times, but I was always like oh, I'll do it again and get a picture. I never really realised how fast time was going here. We raked, picked up poop and the leftover chicken, but then they knocked the chicken bucket over and dumped all the chicken out again. Then they just got too roudy so we all had to leave and go back after breakfast. We switched animal time and project time again because some people were going shooting. I normally would have but since its my ... read more

My days here are winding down, and today is my last official day on tigers, so I woke up early and got them all ready. Tams gave me Or to walk around the parking lot with becuase they were going to the dam. I however could not go because I had gone to the enclosure on Monday, so I had to stay here and clean out the enclosure. Since I was by myself, I had to ask someone in a different group for help and we were able to clean the tigers enclosure before they got back. Once they got back, we went off to clean Shadows enclosure. They told me while they were at the dam, two of the tigers ran off into the woods and they had to go catch them. Man that would ... read more