June 23, 2016 – The Longest Safari The morning pickup was at 6 am. An eerie mist had settled upon the reserve, clouds having rolled in during the night. The sunrise game drive was therefore going to turn into a cloud bursting adventure. Departing the lodge at 6:30, we definitely didn’t have enough layers. The […]
June 22, 2016 – Game On! Despite being exhausted, I just couldn’t sleep. Somewhere and sometime I must have drifted off as it was suddenly 7:30 in the morning; shafts of sunlight streamed through the floorboards and wooden sides of the lodge. We are perched on the side of a ravine, hence the name Ravineside. […]
June 21, 2016 – On the Road To Entabeni Violent protests erupted in Pretoria, one of the three South African capital cities. The people are upset that the African National Congress has nominated what is essentially a carpetbagger mayoral candidate rather than a preferred local nominee and they are letting their displeasure by known. Nineteen […]
3/18/2016 Kevin’s Log – Supplemental – 6:03 AM This is the last day on the ship. If things go according to plan, we should be back in Ushuaia in 24 hours, at 6 AM. Today’s schedule is very much a “prepare to disembark” day. The “account reconciliation party” is on the agenda, where we’ll get […]