Sunday, May 21, 2006

Stories from the field #6: Kruger National Park





O.K., so this is not a 'missions' story, par se, however, everybody likes African animals. Am I wrong? I didn't think so. These pictures were all taken at the Kruger National Park in South Africa. This park, I've been told is about the size of Israel!!! So it's fairly big, eh? Anyway, I had the priveledge of being at this park twice; in Mar/04 and Apr/05. I recommend a trip to Kruger, t'is good times indeed.

Click on the animal name to see the pic.
Zebra#1, Zebra#2, Zebra#3, Warthog, Giraffe#1, Giraffe#2, Giraffe#3, Elephant#1, Elephant#2, Elephant#3, Elephant#4, Elephant#5, Impala, Rhino, Monkey things, Hippo (I waited a long time for this hippo to surface so I could get this shot. He just did not want to come out of the water!), Leopard#1, Leopard#2, Leopard#3 (This pic was taken shortly after the Leopard had killed this Impala. It drug it up the tree so she and her cubs could eat it without the threat of lions and hyenas, which were close by. To see a Leopard is quite rare, cause they are extremly shy animals.), Leopard cub#1, Leopard cub#2.

So these are most of the pictures I took from those two seperate days on the reserve. I'd have to say the giraffes were my favorite. They are so awesome when they are up, close, and personal. I hope to get back there one day and spend a couple of days just hanging out. The overnight safaris are supposed to rock!!

2 comments:

  1. Giraffes were my favorite when I went to Kruger too :) We didn't get to see any cats though, which was kind of a bummer. Maybe next time! Hey how did you post video, I had the hours of frustration that you mentioned earlier, but without the result of video on my blog :(

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  2. OK Lyzz, here we go. You can sign up for a free Photobucket account, then upload your videos. Then you click the box of the video you want to post and scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says generate code, etc. You need to write out your post and get it all perfect like the way you want everthing to sound. The last thing to do befroe you publish your post is 'copy and paste' your video's code into your HTML page on your post. It has to be the absolute last thing you do or the code will break. It's hard as heck to explain, but once you get it, you shouldn't have any more problems. Hope this helps, if you find an easier way, let me know.

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