I’m in SA

greetings all,

well I’m in south africa right now.
After a very very exhausting journey and 25 hours later I’m finally back in SA after 9 years.  I first had to take the high speed train from brussels to Paris. after 90 mins I arrived at Charle de Gaulle where I had to get the bad news the flight was overbooked and that I won’t be flying that same night.

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Day One

It’s 18:30 now. We’re in “Van Zylsrus” near a campfire the camp firewaiting for the flames to dim so we can put our steaks on the grill. I’m starving!!!

Van Zylsrus… Can I call it a town? No I guess not. It’s about 200 kilometers from the nearest form of civilization, a few houses along a dirt road that stretches for miles & miles. It’s located near the Botswana border.

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Day 2

The T-bone strak was delicious!
You can’t find meat like this in Belgium. (because of the industrial meat breading I guess… wink)
Our little camp fire did its job. While eating we met the other guest whom was staying at the bed & breakfast: a real Afrikaner. (I think he already had a few drinks but he was very friendly.) He’s a construction engineer rebuilding the only hotel in Van Zylsrus. He immediately invited us to come have a look at the building site.

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Day 3

It was cold last night! I was happy to have a good sleeping bag along with an extra blanket. I didn’t sleep much: Pete’s nose was blocked and he snored a lot.
We woke up at 6:45 and prepared for an early morning game drive. The gates open at 7.

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Day 4

This morning no early morning game drive. Since we didn’t had a lot of sleep the night before we decided to sleep a little longer.
We woke up around 8. 

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Day 4 bis

The game drive was Ok although we didn’t see anything special.

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