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hi wendy

and sheenaugh-lee

and trrp-trrrrrrr

and meandering mouse

and philip

and sparrow

and pumbaaaaaa

thank you very much for taking the time to read and to comment.

much appreciated......

so.......................................

needless to say..(but i will say it anyway)

............ the water poured from the skies in great volumes



on arrival back at lower sabie the rain had slowed to a drizzle

and i found jacqui and rob sopping wet scurrying around barefoot and sans rainwear ............



during the storm.. they had been securing wendy and heksie's tents and gazebo in the camp site across the

way from our accommodation...



it was obvious that the restaurant was going to be busy for dinner,

so rob carried the braai machine to the covered veranda at the old restaurant

where wendy and heksie joined us for a cosy braai and beverages




amazingly..

during the deluge...

jacqui had rescued a small bat from a huge muddy puddle

and kept it close her body heat for almost an hour.....

and then.....

while sitting around the fire the bat crawled out from under jacqui's shirt and disappeared into the night.....

that was quite amazing...........................................................

A BAT! Kyk hoe gril ek nou net aan die gedagte I love animals but a bat under my shirt that will never happen LOL she is one seriously brave lady

ja ....... sheenaugh-lee......

jacqui is an extremely passionate animal lover.......

so...........................

jacqui and rob left early the next day and i headed off

after making tentative arrangements to meet heksie and wendy at croc bridge.........


then i observed ...............



it must have rained an awful lot the previous day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

because there were at least two animals stuck in the tree tops.....
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on the way south .. this giraffe was searching for something in the undergrowth
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looks rather small next to its mommy...
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i ventured beyond duke waterhole and just before the intersection with the s 28

i caught sight of a pride of about 7 lion heading east with intent

one of them actually emerged from the undergrowth a while later at the turn off to ntandanyathi
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Stunning Lion sighting 7 is a nice size pride, that giraffe is very sweet leachy

Love the Giraffe pics...baba is so cute.

Wow!!! what luck the see the Lions.

Goodness Leachy what strange tree decorations.

Never seen a tree with black n white stripes

Enjoyed every bit.... so entertaining (elephants & baboons),
dramatic, (buffalo & rhinos)
strange (terra pins a buffalo) ,
grey velvet curtain clouds cover the earth,
bird-and-water mixtures (natural talent)
cat families do road demonstrations (cat walks?)


and hopefully more...will watch the space

Thank you ... in anticipation
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hi sheenaugh-lee

and trrp-trrrrrrrr

and meandering mouse

and sparrow

and you skarab ...(great to see you here again !!!!)

thanks again to ya'all for taking the time to read and comment......

so......

while hanging around the s28/s137 intersection waiting for the rest of the pride to appear

heksie and wendy arrived en route to croc bridge

so we all continued south on the gloomy and muddy s28

somewhere in the vicinity of macs waterhole

this family of jackal were interacting with each other.

there seemed to be a ritual of greeting before the fun began
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chasing each other all around the tree trunk
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this carried on for ages

and we moved on....

Now this is an awesome sighting to see animals playing like this you were truly lucky leachy, love the pic of the jackal jumping off from on top of the log Great TR

Leachy,
Great TR !! Please add more photo's next time