Mike, Heidi and I went horse riding in the morning. Was great fun and, I managed to beat mike in an all out gallop across the beach. Nice relaxing last day with everyone together at the beach and exploring the dunes. The day we had to leave was a sad one. In order to get to the airport we all crammed into the car, luggage and all. I took the smallest seat, crammed in with all the bags. Simon kindly allowed us to extend his car hire, and we would pay the diff...

Tom has given his sickness to Marl Lou. She has it a lot worse, which is a real shame because were going on safari today. First we visited kwantu elephant interaction program. This is a new development from Kwantu game reserve, and will soon be a very posh enterprise. Our guide for our elephant interaction was a Zimbabwean, and although he had all the knowledge he left painful pauses between sentences which was funny. They had 5 elephants here, and they roam aro...

Tom thinks he has Malaria again. I however reckon it was due to him staring at a computer screen for 5-6 hours solid after typing his blog.. Turns out were both wrong, he has something else.............. Cost £70 in Medicals. That afternoon we had booked a trip up the local Bushman's river to spot some game. The river is part of a protected area and also runs though, or acts as a border of lots of private game reserves. Resulting in a rich supply of birdlife a...

Yesterday Simon and I went to collect Mike and Heidi from the airport. I was so excited to see them both. When I saw them both once again I forgot about the pain in my hand until I got a strong shake from Mike, but again I battled on. That night we played pool, and drank lots of frozen cider and wine after another mammoth meal. I was so happy to see mike, I surprised myself. Simons belated Birthday was a big eventful day. I woke up extra early, mainly because...

My first week with Mary-Lou and Simon, Maureen and Christo was so much fun. We started team hats and team no hats. My team, the no hats were winning convincingly with Mary Lou and her positive criticisms... Several wimpys which Simon helped me find "the" drink, creme soda... Exploring the local beaches and watching Christo and Mary Lou race along the beach was especially nice to see, Christo could probably run further than me!! We all crammed into Simons hired c...