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I'm sorry about this BB and I would like to apologize for this mistake!

I have just arrived back from my South Coast holiday and I think my tick-tock (tapping beetle) is not online yet...maybe I need a break-away in the bush right now!

No harm done Theuns

Food seldom dictates my movements in Kruger, although being a spaceman, I love having a brekkie in the park

To me it's about sitting and enjoying the moment. Last trip we were busy cooking brekkie at Babalala and a herd of Roan ran past. Now how good is that!

I've sat just before gate-closing time, and watched the sun set. There's nothing in particular to see, but the moment is ingrained. I've had sightings of lion that are truly forgettable. To me, it's about appreciating the moment in the bush, and has no bearing of what you see or don't!

Last trip we were busy cooking brekkie at Babalala and a herd of Roan ran past. Now how good is that!

Good, no, outstanding!

To me, it's about appreciating the moment in the bush, and has no bearing of what you see or don't!

Touché

Elzet, well said

Hi Droopy

Oh , for designated quiet camps , they would make me happy , perhaps we can start another thread "Designated Quiet Roads" & " Designated Quiet Picnic Sites" where you pay a toll for the priviledge of peace ...

Next time we will leave the flower coolbag at home now that everyone knows about it

BB , same applies to your hairdryer , washing machine , DSTV & aerial , playstation , beach volleyball kit , gas lamps & guitar .

Hi ndloti, I don't think BB can do that, it's all built into his red ferrari

I have had a good laugh at this thread. Great fun.

Personality has a lot to do with whether we are "tickers" or "spaceman" and preferences in all areas of life.

Tickers
1.good planners
2.pay attention to detail
3.need goals and closed agendas
4.do not deal well with uncertainty
5.like to make lists, generaly.. BH
6.very good at implementation
7.often don't like change
8.good at following intructions and completing tasks
9. get on with the job
10. good with facts


Spaceman
1.what plan?
2.where are my keys?
3.what do you mean, what are we going to do today?
4.let's just go with the flow
5.I forgot my pen in the toilet.. I think
6.what do mean we have to start now?
7. didn't I tell you about plan B?
8. ok, I tried my way, now maybe I should read the instructions
9. procrastinate
10. good with imagination

Most of us have a little of both. I have a full right to laugh at spacemen, because I am 100% spaceman...
I so appreciated having a ticker with me on my last trip, as I did not have to worry about my keys... or my birding list.. I believe I have lots of new ticks..

Ah yes, now where are those keys

In this case I fall fairly into both categories .

Ndloti, I think that you don't like being told what to do

a free spirited ticker...

On the money MM You just omitted 'optional' tent poles for spacemen.

Ndloti, you left off the ironing board....

droopy, all ferraris are red, except my Kalahari ferrari (blue Cressida station wagon) which loved those roads, and 'swam'' when it had to. My son often borrowed it, and it was only when I stumbled upon his 'jackass' videos that I knew why.

The fire engine is a Hilux twincab.

Hey Elzet. Welcome to this madhouse.

What goes hahharrrrhahahah, klunk, aaaaargh.

Me, FOFLMFAO. (i just fell off my chair hen I read your "lecture".) (And MM's "List".)

What you don't seem to realise is that I live my trip (and previous trips) when I spend hours poring over the maps and "planning my trip". I get into the sprit of KNP months beofre I even get there. (Not that I am ever too far away from the spirit of the KNP.)

Only reason I plan is to go over what has been seen before and new places I would like to go. I always include one or two old faithful favourites and a few new places, new roads and hopefully, new experiences.

One of my best times in KNP was an improptu arrival without booking "long weekend" to Lower Sabie in the middle of the July Holidays. It was not an official long weekend, I just made it into one.

Good trip that one. Some of the most planned trips have been unmitigated disasters. (seeing nothing of what we specifically looked for, seeing no lion or only lion very far away when it could in fact have been the man on the moon.) Moving too often and too big a distance between camps.

Next trip, I spend a week at one camp, or at most two camps with a few days in each camp. (You see I camp in a tent and it gets tedious moving every other day.) Definitely in the northern part away from the mad loons and gridlock of the LS / Skukuza expressway. Somewhere like Balule for three days and Tsendze for three or four days. (maybe the other way around with more time at Balule.

As far as brekkie goes, I have to feed the crocodile that inhabits my gut and he gets hungry. Rusks and coffee are cool as snacks but like I have to eat big when in all that fresh air. Stopping for brekkie is not scheduled for 10h30 am every day, it's whenever we get to the brekkie place. That way we know how many eggs to take along and if we are having the egss with whole kernel corn or green pepper,toast or bread, bacon or sausages.

It's about having brekkie in different paces (planned, but different.)

It's about going somewhere new to look for game I haven't seen before. I was seriously miffed the other day because in 2003, I drove 2000km to find Eland in the Park (apparently only in the northern parts) and never saw one. The other day, I as out riding my bicycle and 60 km from home, I found a herd of them.

Then at my age, I have to make lists to remind me of where I'm going and why I went there.