Day 18

Sunday, October 5, 2008
It’s amazing! We have seen more animals and birds of more diversity in 24 hours than we ever thought possible: Blue Wildebeests, Water Buffalo, Bushbucks, two trees full of a troop of 40 or 50 Chacma Baboons, the little Common Duiker (a tiny omnivorous antelope), Elephants, Giraffes, Hippos in and out of the water, Impala by the score, Kudu (the magnificent large antelope which is the symbol of Kruger) Plains Zebra, Spotted Hyenas, Steenbok, Vervet Monkeys, Warthogs, White Rhinoceros (one group of seven, which is quite unusual we are told), Crocodiles, and birds you never heard of, colorful in the extreme (African Licana, Bateleur, Blue Waxbill, Cape Glossy Starling [makes you rethink what a starling looks like but not their personality] Dark-capped Bulbul, Goliath Heron [the world’s largest], Green Pigeon, Helmeted Guineafowl, Laughing Dove, Lilac-breasted Roller, Magpie Shrike, Martial Eagle, Red-billed Oxpecker, Saddle-billed Stork, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tawny Eagle, White-fronted Bee-eater, Marabou Stork, Fish Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Gray Go-away).
Tired of reading? We’re almost tired of looking, at least for now. Another pasta dinner and off to bed.
Bruce and Paula