We really enjoyed Tshipise and arrived early enough to make
use of all their facilities. We did some very necessary washing and bathing….Zim
made this a little difficult. We also got to enjoy the hot water pools and
watched the pink Bulls lose to the Stormers, much to Hennie’s delight! He
managed to introduce himself to the whole bar and although initially the fact
the he was surrounded by Bulls was a little daunting we soon had a whole group of
new friends. I’m surprised we managed to get any of the blog typed at all.
 |
| Our new friends in Tshipise |
 |
| Enjoying the hot water pools |
We planned to cover half the distance to Pretoria
the next day but when we arrived in Mollemole (Nylstroom) we realised how close
Pretoria was
and drove all the way to my brother Gerrit’s commune where we stayed for 2 days….thanx
Gerch!
 |
| Thanx Gerch |
We were eager to get to the Canadian High Commission to hand in our
Passports for our visa’s and did so early Monday morning. They were great and
had them ready the next day. While in Pretoria
we got to catch up with some friends and family which was wonderful. Thank you
to everyone! We even got to see Henry again before he returned to London.
Hennie's Aunt, Tannie Bokkie invited us to stay and spoilt us with a wonderful meal. Thank you Tannie, always nice seeing you!
 |
| Tannie Bokkie |
We also got to spend some time with our special friends, Riana and Vernon and their beautiful daughters.
 |
| Vernon,Riana,Megan and Isabelle |
The road to Bloemfontein
was long and busy but uneventful and we had an amazing Easter weekend with
Hennie’s sister Hannien and her family.
 |
| Breakfast in Bloemfontein |
 |
| Hennie and Hannien |
We joined them for a visit to their
friend’s farm where they breed with Lions, Tigers, Painted Dogs and many other interesting
animals. We got to play with Lion cubs and went on Game Drives where we saw black
& white springbok, yellow and white bless buck and many other rare species
of antelopes. Hennie got given the opportunity to hunt for the first time, and
shot an Impala. I was shown how to fire a shotgun and shot my first bird. I’m
still not sure if the gun/hunting thing is for me, but must admit that there is
an element of adrenalin that is hard to describe to it all. Thank you to
Sanelle, Pieta and their children Himke, Ane and Hanko for your hospitality and
all the fun we had. Please check out their lodge at
www.stonesafaris.co.za
 |
| Hennie and Ru-hann after the hunt |
 |
| A competition to see who can spit a buck dropping the furthest.....yuk! |
 |
| Hannien with Willow, the lion cub |
 |
| Willow not happy with the paparazzi |
 |
| Luke and Willow |
No comments:
Post a Comment