Days 12, 13 and 14 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) For all those that wanted a food expose in this blog, sorry to disappoint so far. We only ate out once, and the rest of the time we cooked for ourselves… Continue reading

Days 9, 10 and 11 (Dan’s comments are italicized) When we were staying with our friends Marie and Peter upon arriving in Johannesburg, they had commented that there was much more to see in game parks than the big animals,… Continue reading

Days 7 and 8 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) After two days of only finding only bachelor elephants, we decided that our primary objective was to locate the herd(s). And wouldn’t you know it, our first find was … a bachelor… Continue reading

Days 5 and 6 (Dan’s comments are italicized) I can’t believe we’re back in Pilanesberg; and what a difference some rain makes! Last year marked the third year of drought so the grass was low and animals could always be… Continue reading

Days 1 thru 4 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) First and foremost, the journey this year was much easier than last year’s. Instead of driving to Phoenix airport, we took off from Tucson. Instead of a 11 hour flight to London,… Continue reading

Days 104 thru 107 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) The journey back into Johannesburg aka. Joburg aka. Jossie, was quite uneventful. We rented a place in an affluent area called Rosebank (in true ‘us’ fashion, we rented the worst place in… Continue reading

Days 100 thru 103 (Dan’s comments are italicized) As our (what feels like) mini vacation hurdles toward its close, there seem to be many quiet, personal goodbyes we have to make. For me, one of the hardest is saying goodbye… Continue reading

Days 97 thru 99 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Our long trip from Cape Town has finally ended, and we have arrived our home (for five nights), just across the street from Pilanesberg National Park! Early the next morning we purchased… Continue reading

Days 94 thru 96 (Dan’s comments are italicized) ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — I have had no idea… Continue reading

Days 91 thru 93 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) After the storm blew through, the surf got a bit rough. We walked along the coast and just watched the waves crashing ashore. It was really quite magical, but also a bit… Continue reading