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Africa » Zambia September 21st 2012

The best of photos i took... read more
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Africa » Zambia September 20th 2012

I'll start off by saying sorry for the lack of pictures but this is due to Internet problems with my bloody laptop AGAIN. Anyway up the next day for 6am and after the morning meeting it was off on a training lion walk, we are given a stick (not to beat the lions) to distract the lions if they get a bit too aggressive. In the afternoon we got a tour of the dambwa enclosures were the 7 adult lions live which are part of the breeding programme. We also got to meet the awesome hero an ultra aggressive totally wild 10 year old male who was rescued by lion encounter to prevent him being killed (he has an amazing back story which I won't go into now) after feeding the dambwa pride we helped the ... read more

Africa » Zambia September 18th 2012

Finally arrived after a day of travelling, only managed 2 movies on my long haul flight. Got picked up around 2pm and taken to the lion encounter resort. No time for a rest so me and the 5 other newbies were off straight out on a client lion walk (were paying visitors come for a walk with thehandlers and volunteers) with the 2 Z's. These 2 lions are about 21 months old and fairly big but still classed as cubs. After that it was back to the white house (the main house were everyone eats and chills out) to meet the staff and the rest of the volunteers of which there are 18 in total so I'm struggling to remember everyone's names. After something to eat and a chat with some of the volunteers (and somehow ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » East Riding of Yorkshire » Hull September 16th 2012

Less than 2 weeks to go now, just a couple more items needed but at least all the main things are done.... read more




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