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Published: July 19th 2008
From Rush - Nana I hope you are not mad but we saw 2 White Rhinos! We already seen 4 of the big 5. We just need to see the leopard. e have 1 and 1/2 days left. I'm pretty sure we will see a jaguar in the time we have left. We saw a cheetah today while we were looking for an elephant herd. While we were out on safari we stopped to have tea, hot chocolate and coffee. Weve already seen Imalas. they are a striped Impala. They will let you pet them because they are so tame. There have been multiple monkey sightings in the camp, but no baboons. There have also been warthogs in the camp. Thats all I have to say for the middle of the day. BYE !!!!
From Matt - We flew in yesterday afternoon and Rush spotted warthogs from the air as we landed! On the short drive to our camp we saw giraffes! Not even started and Rush was already squealing with delight. We arrived at camp just as the afternoon drive was beginning so we changed vehicles and took off. Within 5 minutes we came around a bend and there
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Cape Buffalo and Red-billed Oxpeckerwas a full grown male lion sitting in the road just chillin!! There were three females just about 10 yds away and we finnaly spotted what they were gathered around. The carcass of a zebra. All we could see was the leg sticking up between the trees. Before the 3 hour drive was over we had seen an old male elephant, Cape buffalo, monkeys and lots of DLA ( deer like animals) Rush can now id all of them and I still cannot keep them all straight!
We got a wake up at 6 am and after coffee took off to find a herd of elephants that were south of us. We ended up in the middle of a herd of about 50! They were eating and just hanging out. Occasionally you would hear a large branch cracking and breaking. Elephants are easy to track because they tear up a lot trees. We just sat in the midst of them for about 30 minutes in awe! Leaving the elephants we came across a cheetah! I think he knew Miss Kitty!
So sorry about the photo situation but I promise we will post some as soon as it is feasable! I'm
Find the Hippo !
Sadly, the only hippo we saw. surprised we even get Internet service out here so I'm not going to complain that it is dial up speed! In fact I'm not going to complain about anything! The food is fantastic here, the staff is awesome and our guides are very knowledgable.
As rush said we have already seen 4 of the Big 5 and still have lots of time. If all works out we will take a hot air ballon ride tomorrow at sunrise. Still the adventure of a lifetime. Love to all.
From Vance - probably the most unique part of the trip....driving around in an open top range rover...rush is so excited, the facilities are great, had a hot shower in j'Burg after 4 days of cold water....folks here at monwana are very gracious and the food is awesome....my soul is missing something, and she waits for me in abilene....jett is at seaworld and i think his vocabulary has increased two fold since we left...while rush was trying to tell him about all the animals he saw, jett could only tell him about the dolphins and whales and roller coaster.....all is good, we plan to take a hot-air baloon ride over kruger park tomorrow
Elephant
Sat in a herd of about 50 and watched them eat and play. morning....will try to do the photos when we get to paris....
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Vicki Bowen
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Can't wait to see some Pictures
Sounds like a fascinating trip. I hope we will be able to see pictures from the blog. I have enjoyed reading about the trip and seeing another part of the world through Rush's eyes. What a trip of a lifetime for all. Thanks again for letting us share.