The day they made us leave the ship……………….. There was no wide-open ocean outside the window this morning, no volcanoes or opera houses. There was, however, the San Pedro cruise terminal and LA smog. Yes, that day had come, time to...
Canada It was my mother in law's 90th birthday, and the whole family was coming together in Toronto to celebrate with her. After 3 hours sleep we drove to the airport again to catch our flight there. After 3 blissful months at sea...
After the initial concern about why on earth would I leave North America in the summertime, to head to South Africa in the midst of winter, I remembered that although I may be cold, I could take my hot water bottle as well as the...
Right after we booked our Emirates flight, they cancelled it and rebooked us on another flight, which of course ended up giving us 2 overnight flights and a long layover in Dubai. Annoying, but nothing can put a damper on my enthusiasm; we are...
Berg en Dal Camp On arrival in South Africa we spent 2 days with friends in Johannesburg, and then drove with friends to Dullstroom, the trout fishing capital of South Africa, where we spent a lazy 2 days fishing, souvenir shopping, and eating...
Berg en Dal Camp We heard the lion roar last night. When a lion roars the sound seems to fill the whole universe, it is my most favorite sound in the whole world. To hear it our first night in the park was totally wonderful. ...
Skukuza Camp We said goodbye to Berg en Dal camp, and headed out at 6:00AM. Just beyond the camp we saw a black rhino. All of the other rhinos we had seen in the park were white rhinos, so we were very excited to see a black one. I was so...
Crocodile Bridge We said goodbye to our little rondavel, moved the table so we could retrieve our biltong and drinks for the cooler for the day, and at 5:45 we were waiting at the gate so we could get good seats in the Lake Panic hide and...
Crocodile Bridge We were up before the sunrise, looking for the big cats again, which Facebook reassured us were very close by. We didn’t find any again, but had another totally splendid morning watching a fish eagle, avoiding elephants...
Kruger Day 4 Skukuza Camp In the cooler months lions will often sleep on the paved roads to keep warm, so as soon as the camp gates opened at 6:00 we were off and running in search of the big cats again. There were no other...
We head home We watched our final African sunrise from the camp, loaded up the Corolla, said goodbye to Betty the bushbuck, and headed out the camp gate, hoping that this would be the day of the cat. It wasn’t, but we had...
I have posted the video from the trip on You Tube. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wgCQQ0Nwk&w=560&h=315] Not one of my better movies alas, it is particularly full of motion artifact due to being filmed from the car when the...
It seems strange that in order to get to the Far East, you have to go west. Well, I suppose it proves that the world is round. There was no other way of looking at it. We absolutely needed 4 suitcases. I was able to remove several items, but...