This is pretty scattered - sorry…. So much to tell about and not much time.

Not getting a whole lot of opportunity for the internet… I am pretty busy and there is usually a pretty long wait. The trip to Pilanesberg could not have been better. On Saturday we took a night safari. I have now seen all the animals I wanted to see…everything else is icing. The creature count now includes vervet monkey, rhino, African wild dog, giraffe, elephant, wild boar, hippo, and cheetah. We heard lions clearly but no sightings. From there we drove to find dinner and ended up in one of the more frightening towns I have been in. We grabbed dinner and booked. Afterwards we stayed at the hostel. It was actually an old farm way up in the mountains. We traveled down so many dirt roads I am amazed we found it. It was redone by these totally out there South African It was beautiful and difficult to describe. There was a ton of artwork similar to the artist in philly who uses cement and broken mirrors, etc. Sunday morning we got up and went to Sun City - South Africa’s version of Vegas.

Yesterday and today we continued to work. The work has gotten progressively more difficult. I am not sure we will ever get this road thru. One of the girls got pretty sick…probably the water…. 4 of the girls went to Swaziland instead of the park. Tonight I watched a velt fire. The savannah is so dry. It ripped through grasslands and trees in seconds.