kruger

Well finally i have found strong signal
Johannesburg, Soweto tour went OK I'm not used to having a guide on the bus with me, all i can say OK.
Welcome speech went of well and the dinner was good
Pretoria was an optional tour and all but 3 went was pretty successfully
The journey to Mpumalanga was great, i am amazed the difference a coach makes compared to a small bus its quicker , uses less fuel and comfortable
We almost had a great L&D we met with the mine workers union that were protesting but also very well oiled, i asked if are group could join them, they said sure as we got to be with them they climbed in their buses and left in a hurry. Bummer it would have been great.
Any way
Kruger park day 1
we got to the gate at 6am and boarded the open safari trucks and of they sped in to the park screams of Cheetah every one racing to find it (photo on blog )only one van saw it before it got upset and walked of into the long grass and nobody else saw it, then the next call was wild dog, wow this Will be my first in 10 years in Kruger, vroooom of we go finally all 4 trucks see the wild dogs 5 of them I stoaked.
We get to Skakuza a rest camp in Kruger for breakfast, then we are of and the hunt is on again, man I have never seen the park this quiet before just before lunch we hear on the radio there are lions close to where we are vrooom there are at least 15 cars on the bridge a woman says they walked passed but she cant see them any more i look through my binoculars and yes mom and 4 cubs but nobody could see them, so we get another call there are lions 15 minuets away on a river bed 50m away from the road, yes vrooom of we go and yeha their they lie all to see. back to lunch at Skakuza and the 3 other vans didn't find any lions. OUCH
after a 2 hr dive we got back to the bus we saw some elephant and a Rhino but all were tired and hot

Kruger day 2
8 chose to go on the open jeeps again the rest on the bus with AC, (now i am talking from the buses viewing and will give the feed back of the jeep after words)
We drove for about 45 min and saw nothing someone said even an impala would be exciting , then we round a corner and a beautiful bull Elephant big, then we saw a herd of Buffalo at least 200 I tell the group normally there are always lions close to a hear this size as it is a good meal, and bang Pat Cox spots a lion the jeep with e eight come in battle to see the lions and they are gone, we stay around and out they come in the open stalking the Buffalo 5 big males wow, just to far for a good photo on my camera, but what a sighting, a little further and a rhino 4 of the five in a short period of time, we go to Skakusa for breakfast and turn the bus around and head to Afsal on the road back we had just crossed the bridge 45min ago 5 more lion 2 males and 3 females awesome very close all got photos.   
On the way back to the gate was event full but cant talk about that.
The 8 in the jeep saw 2 lions close and a Hyena and more wild dogs and were very happy with their sightings
Swaziland
well today was a great and easy day to cross the boarder no problems
we had lunch at the Glass factory a bit of a wait for lunch but all got what they ordered and at 1500 we arrived at the hotel the Mountain Inn
That's where we are at the moment