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wanderw

Post subject: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:01 pm

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

This is a report of our recent trip to KTP. In total we spent 10 nights(28th Oct to 6th Nov) in the park; it was the first time that we left our children at home alone :big_eyes:

, and it was the first time we had co-travellers :dance:

, being my sister and her SO.

Weather - temperature was in the mid to high 40s on our first 2 days(seemed hotter than on our usual Dec/Jan trips), but decreased slightly after that. We experienced cooler temps north of Nossob - early to mid 30s.

We met up with the following forumites:
KG
enrico
Lionspoon and Spots
Jacliz
Arks
Katydownunder and Francolin
Katja
rjm
Jumbo(former forumite)
Hearick
It was a pleasure to meet and chat to all you wonderful forumites, and it was great to get together with some old friends again! :dance:

On to our trip - I will not do a daily report but will rather tell you about our special moments in the park.

Our first real belly-up moment

- we had just entered the park and came across our first Eland of the trip, an Eland cow dying in the road near Samevloeiing. We felt so sad, but, this was just the start to experiencing nature’s circle of life over the next 11 days.

When we came across our next encounter, we could not believe our luck. Before leaving CT, SO had told me that his new favourite animal was LION! Well, here we were at Houmoed, and a few metres from the road were .....

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JenB

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:07 pm

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Wanderw, sometimes one has to learn about the freedom of traveling without the kids! Be warned, one can get used to it. :redface:

Good start!!
:popcorn:

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Trrp-trrrrrrrr

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:55 pm

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Wonderful another KTP ....TR :clap:

Super pic of the lions :dance:

....

paw... telling the story. :wink:

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Meandering Mouse

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:09 pm

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Philip1

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:53 pm

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Location: Far South in South Africa.

Wanderw

Like i said to other Mites, that is one part of the world that is still on my wish list to visit

Great sighting of Lions :mrgreen:

(did the male fall asleep :redface:

)

Must have been great to meet other Mites, especially KG :wink:

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Timbits

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:59 pm

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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Looking forward to hearing more............... :popcorn:

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anne-marie

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:45 pm

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wanderw
great you start a travel tale... a KTP TR :dance:

and what beautiful manner :clap:

paw... head of the Lionness... telling story :lol:

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billyf

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:03 pm

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Wanderw

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:50 pm

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

JenB wrote:

Wanderw, sometimes one has to learn about the freedom of traveling without the kids! Be warned, one can get used to it. :redface:

Good start!!
:popcorn:

@JenB - Thank you! The first time is the worst time but the house was still standing when we returned :dance:

, and yes, could definitely get used to it! :wink:

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:54 pm

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

Trrp-trrrrrrrr wrote:

Wonderful another KTP ....TR :clap:

Super pic of the lions :dance:

....

paw... telling the story. :wink:

Thanx Trrp-trrrrrr! :wink:

The paw was the start of it!

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:55 pm

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

@MM and Timbits - Hoping to post soon! :thumbs_up:

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:03 am

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

Philip1 wrote:

:yaya: Wanderw

Like i said to other Mites, that is one part of the world that is still on my wish list to visit

Great sighting of Lions :mrgreen:

(did the male fall asleep :redface:

)

Must have been great to meet other Mites, especially KG :wink:

Thank you Philip1! :thumbs_up:

The male - almost. :wink:

As for the forumites - just great to chat to people like you already know them!(this forum RULES! :dance:

) It was super meeting up again with KG and his family! :thumbs_up:

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:06 am

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Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:34 pm
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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

anne-marie wrote:

:yaya: wanderw
great you start a travel tale... a KTP TR :dance:

and what beautiful manner :clap:

paw... head of the Lionness... telling story :lol:

Thanx anne-marie! :thumbs_up:

Paw and the head - for sure! :wink:

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:11 am

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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

@billyf - thank you! :thumbs_up:

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wanderw

Post subject: Re: BELLY-UP....in KTP!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:31 am

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Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:34 pm
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Location: Heart - Grootkolk, Soul - KTP, Body - far too far south most of the time!

Nibble?

Bite!

Lick!

Snarl!

Yawn and..... BELLY UP! :wink:

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