Kruger, take 2

Sun-Mon
I was able to arrange a private tour to Kruger for Sun and Mon, and it turned out to be great! I had a lovely guide, also named Robyn (note the correct spelling of the name) who drove me around. She was able to talk about the animals and trees (I think to her disappointment, I wasn't so into the trees, but they're nice to look at, and some have interesting medicinal properties). One tree is called a knob tree for it's knob shaped things that stick out of it. The knobs are pointy, so local tribal legend is that if you make a paste from them and rub them on your chest, it will get bigger. Seeing as I live in LA, the plastic surgery capitol of the world (I imagine), I think I should come back on a business trip, collect the knoby things, make a paste, and have a new career marketing an all natural figure enhancer back in the states. If I happen to see some animals along the way, so be it! :)

We were able to see Lions twice. Once there were three lionesses and a male lion running after an impalla, but they ran too far into the bush for us to see the kill. The next day we came across another group of lions (4 young males) who had just killed/eaten a buffalo and were now taking their after-lunch siesta. I got some great shots (I hope) of one when he lifted his head to see what all the commotion was about. (There were several vehicles there watching them.) We also saw a ton of giraffe and "ellies" (as Robyn calls them) which was nice.

For my last night I spent the night at a cute B&B called Blue Cottages. They have small Rondollas (little round huts) resembling the traditional African hut, but I knew I was back in civilization when I saw a TV (although I watch a ton of it at home, I haven't missed it at all in the last 6 weeks).

Now a note about showers. I will be very glad to get home and take a shower in a bathroom where I don't feel the need to wear flip flops, freeze to death, or this is the latest, bend over backwards to wash my hair. The shower here has the shower head sticking out from the side of the wall. Unless you're under 4 ft tall, you literally have to bend over backwards to wash your hair. What is up with that?!

Well, on that note, I think I"ll leave you all and finish up here as I get ready for my 48 hour journey home.

It's been a great experience overall!

Stay tuned for a link to pictures, and maybe even updates about my return to civilization and the start of a new job!

Cheers,
Robyn