Grand Cayman

Well, got here yesterday after a long journey. Started off badly with an accident on the M25 and my taxi driver doing his best to fall asleep at the wheel. Got to Heathrow in one piece albeit quite late and rushed through the check in but then got annoyed by complete idiots on the Travelex and security. So went straight to the plane but cheered up immediately by a glass of champagne as the plane taxied down the runway

Stopped off in the Bahamas where is was lashing it down so glad to see the rain had not made it to the The Caymans. After another jobsworth at Cayman Airlines in picking my ticket up for Cuba I eventually made it to my hotel and a nice cold beer.

Had a relaxing day doing jack shit here, just swimming and taking a few pictures. Here are a few and I’ll try and add some more as I go along.

South Africa

Well, as some of you are aware I’ve returned from my 5 weeks in South Africa. Sorry I did not post much but wasn’t able to do so as we were so cut off. It was really a fantastic experience and something I enjoyed immensely. The days since leaving there have been quite empty in many ways and I really miss not going to track down a lion each day.

I’ll be getting some of my pictures together and posting some of them in due course but haven’t had much time as I’ve been preparing for my next trip to the Caribbean and Central America. This is mainly for a biking holiday but have tagged on a few islands at each end though for relaxation.

Lions, Lions and More Lions

Well, 2 weeks further on and I’ve seen plenty of lions now. Working 6 days out of 7 and our main focus is to track the lions and monitor their behaviour. A bit different yesterday when we spent all day at a waterhole undertaking a census of any animal that made a visit. Quite a tough day, up at 03:30 and not back to the camp until 20:00.

But a day off today and my turn for a visit to the nearest town at Messina. So catching up with the football scores and off to get the weeks shopping shortly and a meal as well.

We also spent 4 days at Lesheba Wilderness which is about a 2 hour drive south from here in the mountains. This made a nice change and was a bit cooler as well. Getting very hot here indeed now, about 35 degs most days.

Seen a few white rhino now as well and even had a wallow in the rhino pool. Still finding mud 3 days later.

Sorry I have no pictures to upload. I have plenty just not easy from the place I’m in.

Anyway, probably won’t have another update until I’m back in a couple of weeks but then I’ll have plenty of pictures to post.