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Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:01 pm
by Bushcraft
Thanks for the update BT \O \O

Great stuff ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:29 pm
by RobertT
\O Great shots BT, am sure I saw you fighting with Mopani restaurant staff last year this time also. Last year it was over them not allowing you to have breakfast on the deck. Think they see you coming and quickly devise ways of getting under your skin. =O: =O:

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:51 pm
by Dewi
Great pics of the smaller things in Kruger BT. \O

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:59 pm
by BluTuna
We are now at Lower sabie and I actually have some bandwidth. Time to get on with this TT!
Sprocky wrote:BT, your close up shots are superb!! \O
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Richprins wrote:Remarkable! Don't your knees get chafed? Or do you wear pads like a skateboarder? =O:
I use the same knee pads I use when I visit my bank manager ;-)
leachy wrote::-) :-) :-) :-)

blue tuna !!!!

great shots all around \O \O \O \O

but the tubes definitely add another fascinating dimension to your photography....

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Thanks Leachy, I'm really enjoying taking the close-ups. \O
Lisbeth wrote:
finally got to the 'Consession Manager'.
I wonder if they learn something from this, or do they just go on serving the next client in the same way :-?
Eurybrachidae
Never seen a thing like that :shock: I love all your small "thingies" O\/ O\/
We can only hope they learn from it - I think the waiter went and had a sulk, I didn't see him after I'd ripped a strip off him.

Glad you are enjoying the macro shots!
pooky wrote:Great shots BT ^Q^ ^Q^

REally nice to see some of the littler things aswell \O
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JustN@ture wrote:Great installment again BT, love the small stuff ^Q^ ^Q^
The baby ellie is adorable and love the Tortoise and Lion shots \O
An albino vervet :shock: :shock: X#X
We are having a great time, lots of unusual sightings and lots af bugs and stuff O\/ O\/
Bushcraft wrote:Thanks for the update BT \O \O

Great stuff ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
Hey BC, you don't make up your TTs, do you :shock:
RobertT wrote:\O Great shots BT, am sure I saw you fighting with Mopani restaurant staff last year this time also. Last year it was over them not allowing you to have breakfast on the deck. Think they see you coming and quickly devise ways of getting under your skin. =O: =O:
Yep, that was me, they came up with the lame excuse that the food gets cold because they have to carry it an extra 15 metres, what a crock!

I think that Mopani is the worst camp I've stayed in recently, the staff there have a definite attitude problem, probably due to the snob status the camp used to have. No all they have is poor service.
Dewi wrote:Great pics of the smaller things in Kruger BT. \O
Thanks, Dewi \O

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:27 pm
by Richprins
Not my favourite camp, Mopane! I go there or through there every year. Did have a very good breakfast there with the family in 2011? -O-

Well spoken out there, BT! \O

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:58 pm
by Bushcraft
BluTuna wrote:Hey BC, you don't make up your TTs, do you :shock:
:-? :-? I’m to doff BT to make this type of stuff up, so only report on the facts from sightings to the family drama. :-?

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:26 pm
by BluTuna
Richprins wrote:Not my favourite camp, Mopane! I go there or through there every year. Did have a very good breakfast there with the family in 2011? -O-

Well spoken out there, BT! \O
Not my favourite camp either, I stayed there this time so I could get to Thingamylongname water hole - which was a complete waste of time.

Thanks for the support \O
Bushcraft wrote:
BluTuna wrote:Hey BC, you don't make up your TTs, do you :shock:
:-? :-? I’m to doff BT to make this type of stuff up, so only report on the facts from sightings to the family drama. :-?
I do have a good laugh reading your TTs -O

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:36 pm
by BluTuna
Day 7. Balule.

This morning we set off towards Satara down the S90 and about 1 km past the S89 junction we ran into these...

This is my very poor attempt at reproducing the classic Nigel Dennis shot..

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and some more conventional pictures...

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Also along the way, a little Giraffe with a designer double-afro horn-hair-do

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a Kudu that couldn't wait to cross the road

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a Red-Crested Korhaan

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a BBj that got up and called for its partner

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a friend of Dick Terrapin who had taken up residence in a roadside puddle

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A Slender Mongoose crossed the road in front of us and instead of vanishing into the undergrowth, stopped and took a look at us

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We didn't get to drive the notorious S100, opting instead for the shorter distance to a loo stop at N'wanetsi Picnic Spot and from there on the H6 to Satara.

These Butterflies were mud-puddling on some elephant dung! Next time one lands on your hand, just think where it's been!

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and this juvenile Bateleur was after a road-kill brunch

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The only thing of note on the way back to Balule was this White-Headed Vulture at Gudzani East waterhole.

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The afternoon drive took us to the Olifants River bridge where a Giant Kingfisher was looking for supper

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Back towards the camp we found a Hyaena den on the H1-4 before the S89 turnoff

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On the S89, this may have been the Lioness we saw this morning

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On the S90 about 1.5 kms from Balule, the Hyaena den we saw on our last trip in April/May was still there with 5 cubs of various sizes

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Back at camp the bug invasion contiued with the night of the Cicadas. These sound like helicopters when they arrive and try to fly into your face

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This one won first prize at the Ugly Bug Ball

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Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:48 pm
by Bushcraft
Wow, more fantastic sightings and pics BT O/\ O/\ O/\

The early morning pic is brilliant \O

Re: Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:00 pm
by Lisbeth
Fantastic juvenile bateleur ^Q^ ^Q^ \O