Daily Archive for February 4th, 2007

Happy Hippos: Video

I managed to find some old truck springs at camp and was able to make up another complete spring for my vehicle. So it was me back on the road soon after midday.

Snorting hippos
I received a report from the game scouts that a huge flock of Abdims Storks had spent most of yesterday on the Runde river at a waterhole. We had a similar concentration of them in Etosha National Park many years ago. I remember the birds would arrive at the pan around mid-morning and spend the rest of the day there. And they kept coming back to the same pan for about a week.

She's tired
So I took my chances and headed right down to the deep south. But my luck was out. There was no sign of any birds. But I did find this bunch of hippos. They were really chilled, so I ended up spending the afternoon with them hoping they would either, fight (to the death of course), give birth or mate.

Hippo dude
Of course none of these happened.
So I spent my afternoon lying on the river bank in the soft sand waiting for all this action.

My view
It was so peaceful and relaxing. When the hippo grunted it sounded like a bunch of old men sitting at the bar, beer in hand, grunting at each others jokes.

Runde river sunset

Chinzwini No.12

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Chinzwini 12A

This part of the mural is just to the left of all the giraffe.

And yet another giraffe, but this one’s been painted over with a kudu?

It looks like we might have paintings done at 3 separate times. The elephant, all the giraffe and then this kudu.

Chinzwini 12B

Tjololo 3rd February 2000

The Tjololo Diaries

3rd February 2000
The afternoon was spent putting up more solar panels and batteries at the repeater. Hopefully no more downtime because of flat batteries.


Tjololo was back in the south but spent most of his time sleeping so I did too. Before he dawn moved into the Kruger Park.
Our morning was then ruined yet again by drizzle.