South Africa Update: Holy Flying Cockroaches Batman!
I’m going to let Susan tell her story. This is what she messaged me this morning:
“When two inch flying cockroach enters rented cottage, lands on wall, then sprayed by Angela, goes into frenzy, catipultes onto Susan, flicked onto Lindsay — Susan has MAJOR MELTDOWN!!!”
Not sure what to make of the third person style in that, but interesting all the same! ;0)
She continues with :
“Went on sunset game drive. Saw zebra, hyena, baby croc, baby vervet monkeys, owls, impala, nyala, bushbuck, white rhino, hamercop bird. Best yet we saw a family of elephants. They walked down the hillside towards the waterhole. Took 10 minutes to come down. They drank water. Put it in their trunks sprayed the water in the air. There were 7 in all, one being a baby. The bull (Angela says he was a big dude) circled us, faced us, flapped his ears and gave a fake charge. Then went back to his family. Our game warden said he could have squashd us like a tin can.
After we survived the elephants we went to a dinner buffet. Lots of exotic food and veggies. Dad (Dave) looked confused! There was roast pork and Angela had hooked up with the catering manager, Shalen was his name, to take care of Dad. Dad got his pork and was told to take a seat at the table. Out came a woman waitron with a large plate of chips. Next came the chef with a huge bowl of peas. Wowser Dad was pleased! We are heading back to Kloof to have a Braai this evening. A Braai is a BBQ. Yum!
Tidbits:
- “Machete is called panga.
- Dikkop translates to thick head — it is a type of bird.
- Umbrellas are mainly used by african women to shield from hot sun and bucketing rain storms — seen both!
- Ya is Afrikaans for yes – pronounced yaw.
- While traveling back to Kloof (there were) many trees with boxes on them. They are not bird houses, they are bat houses.
- In Kloof there arn’t any flying cockroaches :-*!
- Note – male wart hogs have large testicles”
I would like to note myself that when I awoke this morning and looked at my phone, there was a message on my screen that said “male warthogs have large testicles.” An interesting way to start a Friday to say the least.
Thanks Susan for all the interesting updates!
Photos are from Zoo Atlanta — sorry I didn’t get better photos of the warthog’s, em, well …
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MILNE CLAN 
<div>Looks like they are having a whale of a time and still have lots to go.?? Was hard pushed to recognise my brother-in-law.</div> <div>??</div> <div>(think maybe I had better say no more, eh!! (sorry David, honestly didn't mean it.<br><br></div>