Africa Wild

The Search for bert...and a Tribute to Oom Eddie.


This was last April, and has a special place for me, as Oom Eddie passed away from complications regarding pancreatic cancer on Sunday evening. There are not many pics, but it was a great single evening trip, especially the last morning, relaxation-wise, where neither of us knew he was sick...

He was my second father...almost 20 years together, but a very naughty fellow.

Anyway, he won't mind jokes!

bert is an old friend from another forum, and we were rushing to meet him and his SO at Lower Sabie, entering via Malelane after picking up pre-ordered food with the AW discount of 5%, which still works!






A kudu!




Then a bateleur bumshot!









With a better pic!











More tomorrow!

I have been waiting for bert for about 1 year

moved... or I drank to much

Sorry to hear of Oom Eddie's passing RP!!

words don't come easy.

Anyhow... looking forward to this trip..

Thanks, guys! Coming soon!

So we were a bit late, and may have to have been leaving a dust trail on the Bume road, so may have attracted some attention...it was school holidays, so we were sticking out like small thumbs...


The cops arrived:







I was wearing my AW shirt, so waved politely! Oom Eddie, on the other hand (If you'll excuse the pun) was giving the cops the finger for chasing the bateleur away...


Anyway, we were spared and headed on...



Sardelli's bluegums, which I tried to explain to my copilot, but got more of the same manual treatment, as we were late...








This is how late we were....







Note the pixellated edges of the sun!

Were you using the binocs again?

Did they think that you were a poacher RP

Oom Eddie sounds like he was a cool guy