Escape from the Rat Race. Another live TT from BT.

[Bushcraft]

Dogs on your first day in the park Brilliant sighting

Great pics also

[BunnyHugger]

Some fantasmagorical pickshas BT.

Can't wait for the rest of this suspense thriller to unfold.

[BluTuna]

&%&^(9%$^*(**^*&^%#!!!!!!

I dutifully replied to each of you in a single post and the connection dumped it in the bitbucket. I hate redoing work so I'm just going to say to you all....

Thanks for the comments, next episode coming up soon.

I had computer bug problems last night, the insect kind! Thousands of them were drawn to the computer screen and were trying to burrow into the keyboard, so I had to close down and continue today.

[Flutterby]

Just watch that the bugs don't bite! -O

[Mel]

Splendid birdies!!!

Had a good giggle about the stuffed chick! -O

[Dewi]

Love the thick-billed weaver pic BT. The ellies are superb as well.

[Sprocky]

The thick-bill is great, still on my wish list!

[BluTuna]

Still being inundated with bugs but luckily they don't bite, they just get everywhere, the only good thing is they aren't stink bugs. Here's a pic of tonight's infestation which isn't as bad as last night.


Meanwhile, I've managed to position myself far enough away from the light so that only a few of the little critters are attacking my screen.

Here's the posting for yesterday's sightings.

[Lisbeth]

I am afraid that something has disappeared again?

[BluTuna]

Day 2. Mopani -> Shingwedzi.

We decided to stay in camp this morning and see what we could see.

This was the leftover from a gekko's meal during the night.



And some ants were getting a meal of their own.



There are lots of butterflies around, here's a Citrus Swallowtail - especially for Flutts




Hopping around in the undergrowth were some Waxbills and this Jameson's Firefinch



with lots of Butler's False Tiger Moths amongst the blossoms.



Looking more like a dinosaur, this Giant Plated Lizard gave me a warning 'hrrumph' when I got too close.



On the way to Shingwedzi this Ostrich family were at one of the waterholes.



After setting up camp, we took a drive down the river road. The Kanniedood Dam is empty!



But further downstream there are quite a few pools of water.



This fish looks a bit too big to swallow, but it went down in one




A little further along we came upon the oldest Buffalo I've ever seen




Last but not least on the other side of the river bed, a group of Dugga Boys who were in the company of an Eland which ran off before I could get my camera on him.