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Last week we spent two wonderful days with Jan’s sister, Alta, and her husband. They live on a farm in Limpopo, so we seldom get to see them and it was great fun catching up on news .. and I got a whole lot of new cake recipes as well. (Alta has stacks of recipes all neatly sorted and pasted into books.) Alta and I have been friends since grade 1, so I have known her longer than I have known Jan. She also teaches handicapped children, but unlike me, who now only teach Tamerin, she has to cope with big classes and varied disabilities. Imagine having to prepare handiwork or a reading lesson for a class where some are deaf, some are mentally disabled and …and all 22 of them, with their wheelchairs and walking frames, are squeezed into a tiny class with no assistant! I take my hat off for you Alta! It was great to share our experiences.
We were so busy chatting, that I forgot to take photos, but here are a few:
Alta’s son with his daughter, Juandri (pronounced Johandrie)
5 Month old Juandri enjoyed chocolate cake!
Henry’s wife, Driekie and Edwin
Jan, Alta and Anneliese
On Monday morning we left before the crack of dawn – we decided on the spur of the moment to come back home via the Kruger Park. We entered through Punda Maria gate and left through the Phalaborwa gate.
Here are some pics of animals we captured (or tried to capture).
In the far North one gets to see lots of Baobab trees – and this one had lots of interesting nests in it.
Our first elephants…
The next elephant was MUCH closer and he was having a ball splashing himself with mud.
Our leopard… he is really there left of the tree… We first saw him right next to the road, but before we could zoom the camera, he was gone…! We also saw two baby hyenas, but they disappeared into a culvert before we could even lift the camera!
Next elephant…
Last elephant, obligingly next to the road.
The Kruger Park remains one of the best places on earth to be! We expected the park to be very full, it being high season and World Cup and all, but it wasn’t really. But we did meet a Landrover with a Portuguese flag and lots of enthusiastic Portuguese guests, and a Spanish bloke who had seen everything except hyenas. In Steers in Phalaborwa some Argentinians, sporting light blue striped shirts, were ordering lunch. They had quite a chat with the waitress, who wanted to know if they drank beer in Argentina. It gives one a nice fuzzy feeling to know that our country is being appreciated for more than just the World Cup.
So far the World Cup seems to be a great success! Maybe the Italian and French guests will leave prematurely, but I think we can expect an influx of Japanese and U.S.A. guests! Viva South Africa!
8 comments:
Ag hoe lekker mis ek die wildtuin nou, skoon jaloers.
Hou van jou nuwe heading foto's Miekie :-)
Hi Sandra
Ja, dit bly maar 'n lekker plek - ons kom maar selde daar - die afgelope twee kere het maar redelik onbepland (en baie lekker) gebeur.
Oops, the Americans are probably on their way today, they played very well.
Did you perhaps see what those birds look like in the baobab tree?
I think animals go to some school teaching them how to show the people their best face until they try to pick the camera up :o)
That town that is much bigger than people think is where I grew up.
Hi Retha
We did not see birds close to those trees, but saw similar nests with storks on them.
I think toddlers join the animals in the school where they are taught to turn their backsides to any camera!
You grew up in Phalaborwa? No wonder you are such a nature lover!
Heerlike wintertrip in die Krugerwildtuin. Die familiefotos is te pragtig. Ai ek verlang huis toe!!
Ek dink die bosveld roep ons.... Ek het gister 'n vroutjie ontmoet wat 'n wildsplaas daar op hoedspruit het, toe begin ek al erg verlang en vandag lees ek jou blog en daar is ook die laeveld wat roep. - Dit sal vir my ook die mooiste plek bly, ek het die voorreg gehad om op Phalaborwa skool te gaan... so altyd 'n besonderse spesiale plekkie in my hart die bosveld.
Ek moet se die wildtuin is mooi groen.
Lekker week!
Hi Charmaine
Daar is min dinge wat S.A. so duidelik definieer as die Wildtuin ne!
Hi Mariette
Ja, die wildtuin is pragtig groen en ruig vir die tyd van die jaar - na die wonderlike somer kan dit ook nie anders nie! Om te dink jy kom ook van Phalaborwa! Julle sal maar moet luister na daardie roepstem van die Laeveld!
Ek is ook verbaas om te sien hoe groen die Wildtuin is vir dié tyd van die jaar.
Ons geniet ook altyd die interaksie met die ander besoekers aan die Wildtuin en ek moet sê ek het nou al selfs heelwat oorsese besoekers in die East Rand Mall raakgeloop die afgelope tyd. Ten spyte van Bafana wat nie goed gevaar het nie, dink ek ons land kan beslis 'n definitiewe groei in toerisme verwag in die toekoms!
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