Hi a very very quick one as I've had enough of computers for one afternoon. I'm safely in Cape Town with Nic and Mark having a fab time. I've just put a random selection of some photos from the last 10 weeks on here- all will be self explanatory. I'll do a proper update in a few days when I'm not so inclined to take a hammer to the computer!!!

Hi thanks for all the messages again this will be a bit of a quick one as this is a really annoying keyboard that displays the type about a minute after typing it!! Everything is still going well here although I've been a bit confined to bed this week with a bug- fortunately it's not malaria or tick bite fever and I'm now fully recovered- so much so that I found civilisation yesterday and made it to a cinema! No much to update on really it probably sounds very ...

Hi and thanks for the recent messages- it seems the good old British weather was stunning for the Bank Holiday weekend!! I'm at Karongwe the second reserve and am taking the opportunity whilst on Base duty to update this. Most of my chores are done except dinner later for about 20 plus people!- luckily it's a brai so minimal effort by me hopefully. I've now been on the reserve properly for a week and it's been quite action packed. It's very different here from Ve...

Hi apologies that it has been quite a while since any updates but time has just been whizzing by so quickly and I've not had much chance to get on the internet. So what's been happening - unfortunately my 5 weeks at Venetia have now finished which is really sad as it was the most amazing place and experience. I've now got a few days off before starting at the next reserve, Karongwe, so in making the most of it I'm currently in the Kruger with 3 others in a huge M...

Hi my first update from South Africa and the first time that I've been vaguely near a computer in two weeks. I'm very close to the Zimbabwe / Botswana border staying and working on the Venetia Limpopo Nature Reserve which is 32000 ha reserve owned by De Beers diamond mines. The reserve is at the forefront of many carnivore conservation projects and theer are no actual lodges on the reserve. Eventually the reserve together with its neighbours are working towards b...