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Last night I was hit with the plague. I had a high fever and
couldn’t eat. On the eve of our trip to the Pilanesberg National Park I was
sick as a dog. I started having flashbacks to Peru, when I became dreadfully
sick the night before we were set to go to Machu Picchu. However after a 9:00
pm bedtime I woke up at 1:00a m slightly queasy but with no fever. I went back
to sleep and when I woke up again at 3:45 I made the decision to go a mere 15
minutes before we were supposed to leave, however I would have chosen to go
under any circumstance where I wasn’t specifically told to do stay behind.
So off we went on a two-hour drive to a place that held
nearly all of Africa’s most famous wildlife. This had been something I had
dreamed of doing since I was a little kid. When I was a little hooligan I was
just as likely to be watching Dragon Ball Z or Pokemon as I was National Geographic
or Animal Planet. That was of course back when those channels were educational, before
those channels started filling up their airtime with trashy reality shows about
bigfoot and parolees rescuing pit bulls.
The first animals we encountered were a heard of
wildebeest.
Later a giant rhino less than 50 yards from our car.
When we stopped at the parks lodge for lunch and Zoe got her
lunch stolen by a baby monkey.
There was a saltlick that would always ensure the presence
of wildlife and a viewing platform on the edge of the deck.
After we left for lunch we saw what I had been waiting for
elephants. At first I was disappointed as I saw the heard running off from te
cars before I could get any photos. Then the bull came right through the middle
of our line of cars and stood by watching us for a few minutes before we
continued on.
Next we the zebra’s with their crazy calls that sound like
no other animal.
Then a giraffe
Then a Sophie
And some birds
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