What I did on my hols, by WUN aged 47 1/2

Some piccies from Sarf Effrika:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/82487826@N00/sets/72157622366080092/

Un-photoshopped as yet, so rough around the edges.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Ver' nice.

I would call you a lucky sod, but there's nothing lucky about it. I've
just got to get P to agree to doing a long-haul flight...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, CT

Business class, it's the *only* way. I got > 9 hours kip on the way
home. Luvverly.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

And kept the entire plane awake. Selfish ****.

 

Cunningly edited, not a single *Prawn* in sight.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

You'll be amazed to hear that we didn't do dawn drives... :^)

TBH, we've done that in the past and saw virtually nothing.

We just drive ourselves around as the mood takes us. You have to be out
of the park by dusk, but that's no big deal. We did do a professional
night drive a while back. It was fucking cold and all we saw was eyes. I
prefer the "trundling around at low speed keeping an eye out" technique.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

there are laws in the UK to stop your sort

 

Sounds like that tour of the Shankill we did that time

Paul.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, zymurgy

<VBG>

It does, doesn't it?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Ah, the dassie - related to an elephant apparently.

So, how many of the 5 did you see then?

When we went (2003) we inadvertently managed to see 4 / 5 - missing
only the lion, which in theory shouldn't have been that difficult. Saw
leopards twice and also both adult and young cheetah (who aren't in
the B5).

I'm not a huge fan of Cape Town though <shrug>.

I went to the Rockies for my holiday - though we only saw a deer and a
squirrel in terms of animals - and mountains, lots of mountains.

 

One of my reporters has been in the Kruger National Park last week for a
conference.

"Best conference venue ever" was one ecstatic email remark. Then a list
of all the animals she'd seen. Including the crocodiles in the river
close to the hotel (separated by a stout fence).

Jealous, I was. Next time I'll pull rank and go myself.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, dwb

Four. The bloody leopard still eludes us. Missed one by thirty seconds
last time.

It's OK, We've been before, but probably won't bother again for a few
years.

We really went for the whales at Hermanus, and because we had my sister
and niece along for the trip and I *really* wanted her to visit Robben
Island. A sobering trip.

My niece (who *loved* the Kruger in a big way) also found the museum
that commemorates the first heart transplant. As she wants to be a
surgeon that was her happy for a morning. And the fact that the hotel
concierge called her "Doctor" for the rest of the trip was a nice bonus.
:^)

*Fantastic* hotels, by the way. Initially we were booked into the Protea
Cape Castle, which has a *hugely* misleading website. The hotel's
actually pretty crap, TBH. We wandered down to the Commodore on the V&A
Waterfront, haggled and got a killer deal. Lovely.

The Protea at the Kruger Gate was, as always, wonderful.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

They use GPS and mobile phones, you know.

 

but you didn't seem them - WUN did. You just saw pictures.

 

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:16:59 +0100,
(The Older Gentleman) said

No.. just enigmatic cat magic.