Leopards

Leopard at Night

It's almost embarrassing to disturb this noble animal

during his/her nightly hunt. 

She probably has a couple of cubs at home

waiting for their daily bite to eat, and Mom is late because 

some crazy Safari-photographers shine a spotlight right at her.

I promise never to do that again. 

Now you see'm, now you don't

 quietly, quietly!

Two Elephants in Gonarezhou

First successful attempt to post a Video

on my Blog.

Safaris in different styles.

You want a shower?
Hang a bucket from a branch!
You need to find a toilet?
Grab a spade!
But this time around we travelled in Luxury:

The bucket still hangs from a branch,

but your nakedness is now well protected.

( And you may ask for warm water.)

Instead of a spade with which to dig a hole in the ground

you get an actual tarp enshrouded toilet.

The view from my  tent 

to my very personal and private "ablution block"

So now I can say I travelled every which way:

I stayed in the "Governor's Camp" in the Masai Mara and "The Serena Camp" in the Serengeti, 

both, in utter luxury.

I spent weeks in  the tented camp in Gonarezhou ( shown above ) as well as in Safari Lodges in Zambia.   

Best of all, I slept in a "mosy tent," washed my face in a bucket, or took a "bath" in the shallowest part of the Zambezi and the Runde rivers 

(Crocs hunt mostly in deep water)

Language Pun

An Englishman, a Frenchman, an Italian and a German stood on a street corner, watching an excellent Juggler. The Juggler noticed that they could not see him very well, so he climbed onto a box and called: "Can you see me?"  The four man answered:
Yes
Oui
Si
Ja

A rare meeting

In a pub in Dublin two men were enjoying a Guinness Stout when one of them turns to the other:
"I heard you talking to  the waiter and I hope you don't mind me asking where might you be coming from ?
" I'm from Londonderry" he answers.
" Well now, isn't that just great, so am I.. and where, may I ask in Londonderry did yous live ?"
"On St. Patrick street, all me life"
"Well isn't that just grand, so did I, On St. Patrick street and to school I went and graduated from St. Mary's in 1964.
" You don't say, me lad, the Good Lord must be smilin' down at us, havin' so much in common: I too graduated from St.Mary's in 1964
and now we're  meetin' here in this small Pub in Dublin"
"Sure and begorrah, that's the Lord's truth... He sure must be smilin' down at us.:
A third man comes into the pub and orders a beer.
The waiter brings it to him and, shaking his head, he says:
"It'll be a long night tonight. The Murphy twins are drunk again.

Bertstravels
never had a twin

Sandhill Cranes

I know that this is not the Season to show Sandhill Cranes in the Hailstorm Creek Marsh, Algonquin Park. I just think it might be 
a change from Winter pictures.

Peeka-Boo, I see you !

Booka-Pee, Now you see me !

Winter in Bleiburg

There's hoarfrost on every tree

very interesting

was it a car or a cat I saw

there is something strange in this question!

Yesterday it snowed...

... quite a bit.