Gods Window
Well I am finally back from my safari expedition through Kruger and can I just say WOW. I didn’t realize how big and vast Kruger was. First off let me state that there is no wildlife north or south of Kruger, it all seems to be in the middle at this time of the year ,where our school is, which is great. Each of the camps we stayed at was pretty cool and each had its own charm. Sleeping in a tent wasn’t as bad as I thought, it’s just a hassle to pitch it up and take it down every day. One of the first days we were out we dint see anything at all and were so upset and bored not to mention running late and rushing towards the gate before we got fined. Just as we were flying by around 5pm (best viewing time) we ended up seeing the big five within 10 minutes!! It was unbelievable and of course only happened because we were in a big rush and didn’t have time to stop and view. Apart from that the trip was great. The highlight off the trip would have to be when we drove up upon a pride of lions feasting on a 2 day old giraffe carcass right next to the road, which was unbelievable both the sight and the overwhelming smell! The tourists all packed around the kill and were so annoying and pushy they even managed to honk their horns at each other which just drove me up the wall. One of the lionesses that were feeding was pretty beat up from the kill, she was limping pretty badly and was missing an eye probably from the chase, but I guess it’s worth the pain to get such a large ans sustainable meal for the rest of the pride and cubs. Another funny story was when we came up behind an older couple in a tiny car who were viewing a large bull elephant on the side of the road. We could tell that he was going to cross the road right in their path so we decided to stay and see what happens. The bull started to come up onto the road on a little game path, got in front of the car and refused to let them have the right away by chasing their car backwards until they got the message that this was his road. It was quite hilarious; to see such a large mammal shadowing such a little car and in spite of it all the woman in the front seat was filming the whole time, which was quite funny.
Harries Pancakes
The rest of the trip was great, yesterday we traveled through Graskop and tried some of the world famous pancakes which were very tasty. They deffinately put a whole new meaning behind a pancake, you could literally put anything you wanted to into the pancake just like you were making an omelet. Graskop was my favorite destination by far; it was so beautiful and green. I felt like I was in Ireland and Austria at the same time, but it was fairly cold there. We got to lookout from Gods window which was a great view and some of the people in our group decided to jump off of a huge cliff called ” The Big Swing”, which I just couldn’t bring myself to do! Now we are back at campus and trying to rest before we start a new semester. This week is rifle handling so I am pretty excited to get my hands on some guns again!
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