Zebras, Giraffes and a Rhino

I figured there wouldn't be any use to me repeating everything Phillip said. It must be said that it was his second attempt at posting that particular post. The first was less rushed, more descriptive and sounded better but I think he got his points across. I'm currently listening to the parrot he spoke of laugh at either myself or the dogs. Can't tell for sure. Besides the squawking at 7 am it is a pretty cool parrot. I also figure I should post something because Gramma called me out for Phillip doing all the typing. I was getting to it!



Anyway, Phillip hit most of the major points of the last few days. I must reiterate how before the South Africa game I had never seen a sight quite like it. Streets were a sea of yellow with vuvuzelas the only thing audible over the car honks that filled the roads. The only scene to top this one was the South African goal. You'd have thought time stood still. Anyway, the only other thing to add to his daily record is an addition to our world wide TV tour. Since we've been here we've been on ESPN, BBC and apparently an Egyptian station or so I was told. We were just walking by and they grabbed us and by the time our segment was over they were gone. I'll leave you with the events of today and we're back off to Joburg tomorrow!



June 16 -

7:30 am could have been the earliest we've been up this whole trip but well worth it. Today we headed up to Pilanesburg National Park. Went up there with Nadia and Annalien because today is a public holiday, National Youth Day. Upon entrance to the park we saw an elephant right away. Throughout the day we saw a collection of animals including plenty of zebras, giraffes and a rhino by the water. Pretty cool to see those animals just hanging out in nature rather than a zoo. Drove around the park for a good 4 or 5 hours but there were no lions or cheetahs to be seen. Headed back, ate supper and now awaiting the Bafana Bafana game. Also must say the parrot can be annoying at 7 pm as well. Off to read some more but we'll try and get some pics up soon.