Poachers corner – about the sad reality of rhino poaching
This blog is about an experience we had on trail with rhino poaching. It has been a major problem in the park for years now. The rangers call it the rhino wars… The Italians –…
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Tag: Kruger National Park
There is snake in our hut!
The story about the snake in our hut took place when I was on trail with Steven a few years ago. But before I get to the snake part, I feel like a little background information…
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Malaria – our mad dash to the doc in Skukuza
Half way between Letaba and Satara, Alex started vomiting. This was getting bad! Steven stopped the car so I could clean Alex up a bit. As I walked behind the car to the other side, I noticed a trail of drops behind our car. I tested it with my finger. Oil! Lots of oil! We had the car serviced a few weeks before and when Steven went to fetch Ava and Aiden two days earlier, there was not a drop of oil in the car! He filled it up, but we were still leaking oil like and elephant bull in musth!! Quickly, Steven topped up the oil and we were on our way again. We needed to get Alex to Skukuza as soon as possible. But now our car was giving problems.
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Lions on our way to school
Every Monday morning, the kids and I wake up early to go to town. Our nearest town is Phalaborwa, which is about 50 kilometres away from our staff village in Letaba. With the 50 km an…
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