Hahahahaha. It's like missing a toothache when it's gone.
You still have teeth?
Not one missing mozzietard.
Rooi can be interesting if he doesn't try so hard to be a doos all the time...
ButtPlug, I know you're quite a stupid person but I'd expect even a dullard like you would recognise that if you're missing me, at least one of your adjectives in the OP is false . . . unless of course boredom is a positive thing for you . . . which wouldn't be that surprising given that that you're such a sad and pathetic loser that boredom is preferable to the humiliation and embarrassment you suffer on a daily basis.
I've been in the Kruger Park for the last week.
Our last drive was from Lower Sabie to Malelane Gate on Friday morning. We left at 04h30 and before we even got to Nkhulu Picnic site, we saw a pride of 12 lions who had just made a kill and were protecting it from vultures and hyena, then after about an hour of prime lion viewing we drove on and saw a whole bunch of cars who had stopped for wild dog. As we arrived at the back of the queue of cars, the pack leader got up off the road and came loping up towards and past us. Knowing the rest of the pack would follow, I reversed and one by one the wild dog came loping past us, most stopping for a fantastic photo op without a single other car in sight. Once they'd gone past us we drove a bit further and saw a big male cheetah walking in the road. We followed him for about 400m before he left the road and disappeared into the bush. Again, not another car in sight. We got to Nkhulu about an hour later than planned because of all the great sightings but had a bacon, egg and homemade flatbread skottel with a herd of elephants in front of us and very cheeky vervet monkeys and glossy starlings trying to steal our food..
When we left it would have been around 07h30 and it was getting very hot again so we didn't expect to see much else for the rest of the trip but between Nkhulu and Skukuza we saw one of the biggest herds of buffalo I've ever seen and then, between Skukuza and Malelane, we saw a car stopped on a river bridge and pulled up slowly next to them. They were watching a magnificent male leopard checking out a herd of impala about 400m away. We stopped and admired him for a few minutes and then he suddenly ran off in the direction of the impala. We reversed as fast as we could and we could hear all the alarm signals from the impala. We stopped and saw him crouched in the bush. He'd lost the element of surprise and we were literally amazed to see the impala form a phalanx against him . . . almost like an advancing haka . . . and drive him off. Never seen anything like it but understandable considering the amount of newborn impala we'd seen the whole week.
I go to the Kruger at least every second year and I can safely say that was the most memorable and exhilirating drive of my lfe.
I'm probably over-sharing but I hope that anecdote didn't bore you to tears, ButtPlug.
Wow, Rooinek. That all sounds absolutely amazing, I’m so jealous.
I’ve always wanted to go to Africa to see the big cats. It’s a great sadness in my life that I’ll never get there.
So I’m just going to live vicariously through you now !
That’s probably my favourite post of the year, thank you,
becs, South Africa has a lot of problems. The levels of corruption and violence in our country make it hard to even consider as a tourist destination . . . but we do still have the Cape winelands and the Kruger National Park.
Oh and becs, I know you have a medical condition but just to mention that the only reason I was in the KNP at this time of year is because we'd booked for a cooler time in September but my wife had to have an unexpected op to remove her ovaries (neither malignant thank goodness) so we had to shift our booking out. Considering what we saw I wouldn' t change a thing but the point being she was able to sit most of the time with the seat reclined in an air-conditioned car.
Don't make your condition an excuse not to come visit the KNP. Same goes for the Cape winelands. You can visit Franschhoek and do the tram rides to all the best vineyards in the area.
Oh I’m so sorry to hear your wife has been unwell. Very glad to hear she’s got over it well
I’m mostly housebound now so it really is an impossibility to get on a plane and travel all that way.
I always wanted to visit SA since I was a child. I nearly got there when I was at University but got struck down by illness and that was that.
I love to hear everybody’s stories of their trips etc.It’s such a beautiful country in so many ways, the downsides are really sad to hear and read about.
Not really unwell but the op is like a C section so a 6 week recovery period. She is much stronger now and we're both just relie ved there was nothing malignant.
South Africa does have a lot of problems but it is a beautiful country and well worth the visit.
Oh that sounds very nasty for her. I’m glad she’s ok now.
My younger brother has visited three times and my eldest brother once. They enjoyed their time in SA.
Oh my God. Is that even a thing ?!
Yet another kind of hangover.
Some spectacular interactions (sic). And it must have been that much more enjoyable with your wife’s health scare behind you.
On my last trip to the Kruger we went on an excursion in late twilight, following a pride of Lions. We were in the resort Land Rover with raised seats. At times we were close enough to the Lions to reach out and pat them on the their heads. Needless to say we were told not to do that, but the proximity was stunning.
The pride had two magnificent you male Lions within months of challenging the old leader…whose fate would then be expulsion from the Pride.
The other trick they had up their sleeve was to stop after dark, switch off the lights and listen to the night. It was inky black and quite eerie..
My Mum always says she’s typically English because she just wants to hug and stroke the animals. If she’d been with you, Mozart, she wouldn’t have been able to help herself with those lions…ha ha ha !
So amazing to see them all in their natural habitat.
I wasn’t tempted for one second becs.
Kruger is an incredible place. You cannot go there without seeing a vast array of animals. Love the feel of Africa you get there.
Yes glad your old lady is well now Rooitwit. she must of course be a great saint!
Rambo….I like that….it stays.
Yeah, that’s the first name I thought of when I first saw Saffolk !!!
Nothing like the film of the same name though ! They say it’s a remake…..not remotely !
It's a 10 part series, I watched one episode & I was hooked .................. one of the year's best.
Not a remake of the original which was about an attempted assassination of Pres. de Gaulle .
Yeah I know. I remember the film from when I was a kid.
I’m on the final episode this Thursday night.
"If anybody could do it Rambo could….when he picked up his glass at Mossman’s in London his hand barely trembled"
LMAO
… never said you didn't hit it.
I asked you if you killed it.
You did use the word "terminate" in your OP. But I guess you're Rambo, so words like cull aren't in your vocabulary.
So, was your goal of terminating the cow with extreme prejudice and achieved?
...for your sake, I hope you succeeded. Else, what kind of clown crew of hardcore killers were you rolling with?
So the cow won?