Early start (I probably need to stop saying this, just to be clear we get up most days at about 5am!). Good drive to the mountains, including a lunch stop where the guys cooked Zebra burgers for the meaties, and veggie burgers for me. (It seems the Linda McCartney equivalent here is a brand called Frys which do a huge range of soya products, result!!) In case you were wondering, Zebra tastes like beef but leaner! The approach to the mountains themselves was sp...

After our amazing sightings at Kruger, we settled down for our journey to Swaziland. I say settle down, Shandle drives like an F1 driver, so everything is full speed with no slowing down for pot holes etc etc (lucky he wasn't our driver in India!!). The journey was another opportunity to view the stunning scenery (albeit at a 1000 miles an hour, so no pics - at times feels like we are driving past Africa, rather than experiencing it) although, with the distanc...

Worst nights sleep of my whole trip, cold and lots of disturbances. Glad to be leaving and on our way to Kruger, no not glad, VERY excited!!! I am going to do one big blog for this as saw so many amazing animals. Drove into the park to be greeted by a group of monkeys, one on the top of Krugers head, investigating the potential contents of a plastic bag. It was empty but seemed to be keeping him amused, and us, watching him. The campsite was fantastic, cert...

Met our guides Meshack and Shandle today, and the rest of the group......hmmm, there is no rest of group!!! Just Barry, Sue and I for the whole 20 days. It seems that the company guarantee certain dates and have to honour them no matter how many people book, this trip they are running at a loss. So, not going to find my Mr Right in Africa (obviously that was the plan!!!) Not sure how I feel about such a small group, obviously bit of a social butterfly nowadays, ...

Pretty good plane trip (after a nightmare transfer at Mumbai airport, where we were given a hour to go through immigration, and another 50 rounds of security along with the 69,000 other people travelling including the air stewards who jumped the queue) Luckily one nice lady let me in front of her group to get through quicker - may have been the "I am going to kill someone" look on my face that clinched it!! Plane ok, sat next to a man who smelt nice! Watched The...