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Location Date Kruger National Park
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Location Date Wed, 14 June 2017 1497394800 Wed, 24 May 2017
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By our fourth day at Kruger National Park we'd seen the 'Big 5' African animals - elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhino and lion. But it wasn't until the morning of that same day four that I caught my biggest buzz. Elenka and I arose before sunrise and were walking our compound perimeter when a troop of baboons, frolicking with a herd of impalas, caught our attention on the other side of the fence. The strands of wire along the top of the fence were too narrow to get the camera lens through so I grabbed hold of them in an attempt to wedge the lens through. A zap ringed my ears and my palm felt as though I'd set it on a red hot cooking grill. Elenka said that she smelled something burning. I stammered, wobbled her way, and shoved my hand under her nose.
Self-safariing in South Africa's animal refuge camps is a thrifty do-it-yourself way to see almost all there is to see. We drove 300 plus kilometres, saw buffalos, rhinos, hippos, giraffes, elephants, zebras, wildebeest, lions, monkeys out the ying-yang, far more antelopes than we could possibly count, and a leopard.
The big cats are what people go on safari to see. One lion, leopard or cheetah is worth 100 elephants, 1,000 monkeys and 3,000 antelopes. Humans are mesmerized by the cats. They'll strike out under tortuous conditions and pay big bucks to say they've been with them.
The night of my self-inflicted near electrocution I told a couple of South African tourists from Cape Town of my experience. One of them gave me a, 'you're a pretty stupid b*****' look, then explained that all fences in South Africa are electrified.
Tomorrow we're off to Swaziland where it won't be nearly as dangerous.
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Irene Black Jack and Ellen that was amazing thank you for sharing I have a front row seat in all your Travels. Can hardly wait to see where we go next warm regards irene
Margo photoshop?
jenn Lovely warthogs! Do you know Flanders and Swan's song about a lady warthog?.
jenn Congrats, you two, on NAMING all of your beasties in this blog. Loved it!
Stephanie Wow fabulous photos! And the scars to remember your trip by. Say hi to Mary and Jim.
jackdrury Hell no, Margo! Elenka the photog will have no part of fakery like photoshop. The monkey's real, the elephant is a stone fountain.Sent from my iPad
jackdrury Yes, some names we'd never heard before. Happy you like it.Sent from my iPad
Dina Great shots!
jackdrury I've forwarded your comment to Elenka the photog.Sent from my iPad
Margo Oh no! scarred for life.
Sarom Muth Thanks for sharing Jack! So beautiful
Peter Ok so the fence works....that's good....
Renate Schoenbach A perfect shot..
Renate Schoenbach Jack and Elenka in Love
Renate Schoenbach Lucky guys to see a similär bird again.
Renate Schoenbach The bird saw Elenka in it.
Renate Schoenbach Your was so near and you got no bitte!
Renate Schoenbach Beautiful coulored head
Renate Schoenbach A really lovely picture
Renate Schoenbach So great .
Renate Schoenbach Sorry my IPad wrote this wrong words.Right: you and bite
Renate Schoenbach A funny shot