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Hi everyone. Once again Thank You soo much for all your kind words, I really appreciate them, and I thought I better update my TR today since apparently tomorrow happens to be the end of the world :lol: Although I don’t think there is anything out of the ordinary happening tomorrow, and South Africa will be playing New Zealand.

Another reason for me posting today is that today’s date is once in a lifetime which is reading as 20122012 and apart from that it happens to be a very Beautiful lady’s birthday, My Celebrity crush if that makes sense :lol:

So I thought today would be the best day to update my TR

The Final Day

So we left of all the wonderful families of Zebbi’s Wildies and also the Warthog family, who were all enjoying the Sunday, and it was time to see what we could see at this Beautiful picnic spot which such breathtaking views

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After taking that picture we were all sat down and seeing what we could see through our Binocs, and while just going through the scenery and the surrounding bush, I saw a Male LION through the Binocs :big_eyes:, and than a second later it my binocs moved a little, and the Lion was lost again :slap: it was far away, and it kept on appearing and disappearing, I could not see it with my naked eyes, than I told my dad, uncle, and bud and they were all searching for it, and then they managed to see it when it stood up just to sleep in a different position, and then it was difficult to see, and therefore we could not take any pic’s . Than my daddy shared the sighting with a few people at the Picnic spot, and they all started searching for it, and after a while, they all thought we just some crazy Northerners who’s probably thinking of rocks as Lions Image , but while this did happen, and everyone started eating again, a herd of Zebra started approaching and were coming along for a drink, but then they all stopped, looked towards the Lion direction, turned around and went back without drinking, and this just confirmed that what we saw is a fact and another lady saw this herd of Zebra, and then she believed us and put extra effort in to see the Lion which even we could not see now. At least someone believed us.

While we wanted to spend the day, hoping that a Lion will come out to drink some water, that was not possible, as we had to reach Orpen, and therefore it was time for us to leave, but before we carry on, I did take a few pictures of activity happening on the opposite end from the Lions

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So while Lions were snoozing Image on the opposite end, we had these 2 Kudu Males having a fight to see who is the stronger Image meanwhile the baboons and the Waterbuck was just chilling and relaxing, and the Waterbuck means I have another story to tell of the past.

Once upon a time on the high Bridge outside Letaba camp, came along a female Waterbuck, and due to my Bad Luck, My Contact lenses got torn the night before when I was removing them, so I had one eye with maximum power and the other eye being half blind Image and I said Lioness in the river bad, and then everyone had the same question where, and I said there pointing at the Riverbed and they all laughed Image and I was like what you all laughing at and they were like that is not a Lioness but a Waterbuck, and I started arguing saying that is a LION Image after a while, I looked through my camera lens and it just confirmed what a fool I made out of myself Image

So eventually we left the picnic spot and saw the Zebbies and Wildies once more. Than we carried on our Mary way and we saw these 2 couple enjoying their Sunday as well on their wonderful home which gives them a head start if a Predator appears
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We watched this wonderful couple and took a couple of pics and carried on driving and something very Colourful caught our eye

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After that it was time to carry on with our drive, in the hope that I would spot the Wild Dogs I am in search for.

But did I find these Wild Dogs, still remains a mystery so STAY TUNED :mrgreen: :whistle:

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Quote from the Wild Dogs Topic -

"Really wish my curse ends soon and I get to see these wonderful creatures in the Krugs once."

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:hmz: :hmz: :hmz: Did Kallis get to see the Dogs on the last day?

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It's an aweful feeling if you can see great sighting, but nobody else can and they don't really believe you... :slap:
Love the Klipspringertjies! They are such cute bokkies - a special sighting in my books! :thumbs_up:

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A very entertaining episode, and what good sightings you had, even if Doggies wasn't on the menu..............I have high hopes for you!!!

Funny really, you were in the south looking for dogs, and I am in the north looking for the same thing!! :whistle:

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This TR is getting better and better with super sightings and super story love all the pics. :clap:

:big_eyes: Waterbuck.... :lol: :lol: :hmz: Sure everyone would have been jumping up and down if it was a Lion. :wink:

LBR is gorgeous super pic. and klippies are very cute :thumbs_up:

:think: The wild dogs can not hide much longer. :tongue:

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That view over Mlondozi dam is always a breathtaking one.

Great zebra and klippspringer pictures as well, Kallis :clap:

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Love the waterbuck/lion story :lol: :lol: :lol:
Mlondozi is a great spot, and great sightings around there :thumbs_up:
Not a good area for wild dogs though :hmz:

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Hi to all those following my TR.

Sorry about the delay but will update my TR after Christmas. For the time being I would like to wish you all a VERY MERRY XMAS, and I have a friend in Punda who would like to say something to you all.

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Thank you Kallis, and of course the gorgeous lion from Punda! :clap: Wish I was there now... :mrgreen:

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Hope you had a lovely Christmas too, kallis1786! :thumbs_up:

Lovely sightings with awesome pictures once again! I love those Klipspringertjies! :clap: :clap:

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Love your kittie, and look forward to more of your TR soon!! :dance:

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Kallis1786 :) Well :redface: caught up again :dance:
What a pleasure to read TR's, view photos and realy feel if a person actually travelling with the Mites in the Parks :thanx: (That goes for all submitting TR's)

:great: Thank you for sharing :great:

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Great pic's from the picnic spot :clap: :clap: .
Just love your klippies as well :dance: :dance: .
Thanks for sharing :thumbs_up: .

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Hey kallis, just caught up again :mrgreen: very chilled 8) updates. I loved them :mrgreen: I especially love your LBR :cam: Way cool. Can't wait to see what surprises the park still had in store for you'll :hmz:

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norms wrote:
Quote from the Wild Dogs Topic -

"Really wish my curse ends soon and I get to see these wonderful creatures in the Krugs once."

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:hmz: :hmz: :hmz: Did Kallis get to see the Dogs on the last day?


:mrgreen: :whistle: Hi Norms, I am really SORRY for such a long wait. Hopefully there wont be many long delays. The quote is true, but I might have just said it to keep the interest in the TR. DID I really see the WILD Dogs will be answered by the end of this TR.

Bushbuddies wrote:
It's an aweful feeling if you can see great sighting, but nobody else can and they don't really believe you... :slap:
Love the Klipspringertjies! They are such cute bokkies - a special sighting in my books! :thumbs_up:


Hi Bushbud :gflower: , I am extreamly SORRY for such a long delay, and hopefully there wont be anymore long waits. It is an aweful feeling but like someone said, The Kruger only shows sightings to whom it wants. They really are cute, and stay Tuned, a Really special sighting to come.

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A very entertaining episode, and what good sightings you had, even if Doggies wasn't on the menu..............I have high hopes for you!!!

Funny really, you were in the south looking for dogs, and I am in the north looking for the same thing!! :whistle:


Hi Val :gflower: , I am extreamly SORRY for such a long delay, and hopefully there wont be many more. I was blessed to have such wonderful sightings. Lets see if I do see Doggies. It really is odd, but sometimes Kruger delivers when least expected. So Stay Tuned. A really special sighting to come at the end of the day :whistle:

Trrp-trrrrrrrr wrote:
This TR is getting better and better with super sightings and super story love all the pics. :clap:

:big_eyes: Waterbuck.... :lol: :lol: :hmz: Sure everyone would have been jumping up and down if it was a Lion. :wink:

LBR is gorgeous super pic. and klippies are very cute :thumbs_up:

:think: The wild dogs can not hide much longer. :tongue:


Hi Trrp :gflower: , I am really very SORRY for such a long delay, and hopefully there wont be many more. Glad you enjoying my TR. True very true, but sometimes the eyes like to deceive you into thinking you looking at something you really want to see. Thanks for the compliments. Lets find out how long will the Doggies hide together. Stay Tuned

Pumbaa wrote:
That view over Mlondozi dam is always a breathtaking one.

Great zebra and klippspringer pictures as well, Kallis :clap:


Hi Pumbaa :gflower: , I am extreamly SORRY for such a long delay. Hopefully there wont be many more. Thanks for the compliments and the view was really breathtaking. Stay Tuned.

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Love the waterbuck/lion story :lol: :lol: :lol:
Mlondozi is a great spot, and great sightings around there :thumbs_up:
Not a good area for wild dogs though :hmz:


Hi Cheetah :gflower: , I am really SORRY mate for the long delay in updating the TR. I still laugh thinking of that story. I really loved Mlondozi. Well, Cheetah, you know what they say, Animals come out of places where least expected :wink: .

Bushbuddies wrote:
Thank you Kallis, and of course the gorgeous lion from Punda! :clap: Wish I was there now... :mrgreen:


Its a Pleasure Bushbud.

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Hope you had a lovely Christmas too, kallis1786! :thumbs_up:

Lovely sightings with awesome pictures once again! I love those Klipspringertjies! :clap: :clap:


Hi Hilda :gflower: . I am soo SORRY for such a long delay. Hopefully there wont be anymore delays. Thank you soo much for your kind words. I had a fab Christmas, although it was freezing cold.

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Love your kittie, and look forward to more of your TR soon!! :dance:


Hi Val, Your wait is almost over.

Philip1 wrote:
Kallis1786 :) Well :redface: caught up again :dance:
What a pleasure to read TR's, view photos and realy feel if a person actually travelling with the Mites in the Parks :thanx: (That goes for all submitting TR's)

:great: Thank you for sharing :great:


Hi Philip WELCOME BACK :gflower: , So SORRY to keep you waited for a long time. Hopefully there wont be many delays. It really is great to read through TR's. Stay Tuned. Lots of great sightings to come.

barryels wrote:
Great pic's from the picnic spot :clap: :clap: .
Just love your klippies as well :dance: :dance: .
Thanks for sharing :thumbs_up: .


Hi Barryels :gflower: . So SORRY for such a long delay., hopefully there wont be many more delays. Thanks for the compliments. Its a Pleasure and STAY TUNED.

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Hey kallis, just caught up again :mrgreen: very chilled 8) updates. I loved them :mrgreen: I especially love your LBR :cam: Way cool. Can't wait to see what surprises the park still had in store for you'll :hmz:

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Hi SleepyOwl :gflower: , So SORRY for the long delay. Hopefully wont happen again. Glad you liking my TR. The park has got something really special planned for me but you will have to wait and see, SO STAY TUNED. Thats a lot of POPCORN, but I dont blame you with all my LLLOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG SUSPENSES.

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