Kruger Diary 2012

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-O -O -O -O

flutters....... i don't have to study.......

O:V O:V O:V

i have to mark all the stuff that other people studied for

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i wish i did have someone nagging me.... then i would be done already...... 0*\ 0*\


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I'll nag you if you want!! :twisted:


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I'M BACK!!!! O\/ O\/ O\/ O\/ O\/ O\/ O\/ O\/ After a long and hard six weeks of studying, preparing and of course writing exams I am finally done and the exams went well! \O Sadly to say I am now basically finished Primary School - just Monday and Tuesday next week and then I am done!! O/\ :-(
But anyway, cut the small talk and let's get back to my UNFINISHED TT!!! :o0ps: --00--

Let us begin........ 0()

03/10/2012 - Skukuza to Lower Sabie

Temp. : 12 C - 37 C
Day's Mileage : 223 km's

Waterholes Visited : Qaga Pan, De Laport, Gomondwane, Sila, Sunset Dam.
Picnic Sites Visited : Afsaal
Camps Visited : Crocodile Bridge

Morning Route : Skukuza - H1-1 - H3 - S113 - S23 - S118 - S119 - S25 - H10 - H4-2 - Lower Sabie
Afternoon Route : Lower Sabie - H4-2 - Lower Sabie

Left Skukuza at : 05 : 35am
Got back to Camp at : 05 : 57pm

Animals Seen

Baboon
Bats
Buffs
Crocs
Duiker
Ellies
Giraffe
Hyena
Hippo
Impies
Kudu
Leopard
Lion
Banded Mongoose
Vervet Monkey
White Rhino
Squirrel
Steenbok
Warthog
Wildebeest
Zebra

Meals : Chicken Curry

Spotter of the Day : Mom
Spot of the Day : African Goshawk

Highlight of the Day

10 hyenas in road and giraffe drinking in road.

Tallies

Lion : 1, H10
Leopard : 1, H10
Hyena : 11, H1-1 and Lower Sabie camp

Pics.... 0() O\/ \O O/\

Our first animals of the day - Hyenas
A very young one,

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A rhino somewhere along the route -

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Some lovely water lillies (I think?? -O- )

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Fish Eagles in flight

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And our first Kingfisher! (No pic because it is pic of the day ;-))

A giraffe drinking from a puddle in the road

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A rhino wallowing in some fine looking mud!

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That's all for now! 0() ;-)

* Post edited to remove location of rhino


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welcome back :-)
and ^Q^ for your exams ^Q^
and finished primary school O/\ ... :-? then after ?

thank you to continue your TT
I love the water lillies (I think too... English is not a good exam for me =O: )
Giraffe in the road, Rhino in the mud, Fish Eagle in the sky O/\
and so many Hyenas O\/


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ BB!

Great Hyena pics \O


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Welcome back to the hard life, BB 0/* -O -O

Great rhino pics and of course the fish eagle ^Q^ ^Q^ \O


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Whew...thought I was going to have to finish this TT!! -O


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The sunlit hyena is wonderful, BB!!! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Glad to hear the worst is behind you now. Soon your well-deserved holidays will start. O\/


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Great photos BB. \O

Nice reflection of the water lillies and well done on the Fish Eagle in flight. O/\ O/\ O/\ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

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Glad the holidays are about here... \O

Love your giraffe and water lilys.. ^Q^ ^Q^

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