Lukimbi was our third Safari Lodge in our great Kruger adventure. It is a private concession, so the guides can off road for better game sightings. This lodge had a tracker as well as a guide. The tracker was Michael and the guide was Darren. This was a four day Safari and involved eight game […]

Our second stop was for three days at the Shalati Safari Camp. It is in Kruger proper and our guide was Alvis. The safari camp is a bunch of units made from train cars on a bridge that spanned the Sabi River in Krueger National Park. It was possible to sit and watch the wildlife

We spent four days in the MalaMala Safari camp and went into the bush dawn and dusk each day. The daytime temperatures reached 105 degrees Fahrenheit, so midday was pretty quiet with most creatures seeking shelter from the sun. We were most fortunate in the dates we choose, late spring. They had just gotten a

This was Mark’s first trip to Africa. Kate and Meg have been trying to get me to go for a few years now. I finally succumbed. The trip was planned to spend 13 days in and around Kruger National Park in South Africa. We went to four different Safari camps. MalaMala is a private game

November slipped by me and it seems I will only get one post in this November. My sister Jayne visited for a week and I put her to work mulching leaves. We also got Cybil set for winter. It was just in time as we got snow shortly after. Jayne and I did the first

Late October was a busy time for me. It just flew by. My Aunt had a ninety-fifth birthday party last summer and we missed it because we were having our family gathering on the cape at the same time. She wanted to see us, so her children suggested an early Thanksgiving dinner to get us

It is quiet in the house with the ladies gone. I mostly have pictures of the dogs to keep the ladies up to date. The IKEA build was mostly to update the storage at Meg’s house. BOIDS Mammals Other Fun with Food This is just a sampling so you can see how tough life is

The ladies were busy getting ready for the cruise the first week of October and departed Newmarket on the eighth. We finally finished assembling the IKEA furniture. We also started getting ready for the holiday: Weather was good for enjoying a fire. BOIDS Fun with Food Benji, Baya and Friends The ladies got off on

Not too much to say. We have been busy with yard work and getting ready for the ladies to go on a Grand Africa Cruise. They got their shots the week before I did. I first got flu and rsv, and reacted to the rsv shot. A week later I got a covid booster. We

October 30 – Suez Canal Night Before Entering Suez. October 28 – Limassol Cyprus More Tombs of the Kings and Mosaics of Dionysus… Cyprus Sail Away October 26 – Souda Greece On the bus to Knossos/Heraklion. October 24 – La Goullete Tunisia (Tunis) First stop is Carthage, Punic and Roman ruins. They were supposed to