Jenny and Godfrey, eating lunch on top of the rocks after walking 16 kilometers

This caterpillar was about 8 inches long

We saw two huge pythons on the rocks, this female looked like she was curled up on top of eggs

Godfrey! The man who keeps me from being eaten or trampled!

Cool praying mantis I saw while walking

Godfrey and Jenny...

Leopard prints...

If you check behind Godfrey, there's an elephant...

This mark is from an elephant dragging its trunk

Giraffe tracks

A chameleon that got mad when I tried to play with it...

These are various pictures from the walking I've been doing over the past two weeks. I've now seen buffalo and elephant while on foot and have been growled at by a leopard that had to be less than 30 feet away. It's been awesome!!!

Me riding Lady

Look how close the zebra are!!!

The farm we were riding on...

It was strange seeing monkeys in a forest

A little pond at the B&B we stayed at in Magoebaskloof

B&B...

This past weekend I went with Jenny (one of the lecturers from OTS and the one who's helping me with mopane mapping) to visit some of her friends in Magoebaskloof. It's a tiny town with some of the last remaining natural forest in South Africa. The town was very cute and Jenny's friends were awesome. We had a lovely time even though it was freezing. I even got to go riding! It was especially cool because the game doesn't tend to be very scared of riders and we were able to get very close. The zebra even came up to touch noses with the horses!

Cruising in Kruger

Saw a large herd of giraffe yesterday afternoon

Impala are everywhere, but they're so pretty

Came a cross a large herd of buffalo this morning, at least 20

Young buffalo

Bateleur, gorgeous bird of prey

There has been a request for more pictures of me. And since a lot of picture swapping went on before everyone parted ways, I have more pictures of me. So from the beginning...

While at Witts Rural, we took a trip to the Blyde River Canyon. This is me at the dam.

Playing soccer at Shingwedzi.

On the drive to Skukuza, check out the background!

One afternoon in Skukuza, check out the background!

Elizabeth and I near Skukuza.

Boulder Beach near Cape Town

Me and a penguin!

De Hoop, playing with an octopus

De Hoop, with a tortoise

De Hoop, on a hike

Cape Point

Self explanatory...

The last soccer game in Skukuza, in the riverbed at 10 Minutes

Phalaborwa

One the walk this morning, we came across a rather large leopard spotted tortoise. The guy holding him is Patrick, one of the SAEON guys giving me a hand for the day. Walking was hot, but it was fun. No close encounters yet, but lots of elephant spoor.

A grey-headed bush shrike in my front yard.

I was heading towards Sable Dam yesterday when I did a doubletake. 4 giraffe were hanging out by the road.

This one had a passenger, an ox-pecker.

The dark one seemed to be young and didn't like my bakkie (truck) much.

I got down to the dam and waited for a while and was just about to leave when these guys came out of the mopane.

They weren't alone.

And they soon had even more company.

As soon as they got down to the water, they all spread out and started drinking.

And then another group showed up!!!

There were a few tense moments of meeting...

But everyone settled down to drink peacefully

Everyone headed out just after the sun set.

I'm going to take another drive this evening, so hopefully I'll have cool new stuff tomorrow.