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In Maputo I took a minibus that was supposed to bring me to the South African border at Ressano Garcia but it broke down and I had to hitch hike to Nelspruit where I got a "black taxi" to Hazyview, a good jumping off place for Kruger Park.
I stayed at the Kruger Park Backpacker's Hostel where I had this fine native hut all to myself for only 7.00 US$ a night! I met other backpackers there and we made arrangements for a safari with the owner "Bokkie".
We did our own shopping and had the use of this communal kitchen. There was also a bar with Braai fireplace which we put to good use. It was really great.
Here,the Swedish Sture Nystrom and I are getting ready to go on a one day safari (6AM to 4PM for 60 US$ each), with two german girls accompanied by Bokkie and his wife.
Female impala.
A male impala.
Another male Impala.
An old tusker.
The same one coming our way.
One of the tall ones feeding on the trees.
Below, two more long necks.
A frightened Zebra.
Warthogs are ugly but I think that hyenas are uglier.
This is the dining room of Camp Satona where we stopped for lunch. We were all satisfied, we had covered a lot of ground, had a good lunch and had seen a lot of wildlife. We had even seen a lion mating endlessly. That's the way they do it, they mate, rest a few minutes, mate again and so on for hours! We could see the action pretty well in the high grass but they were too far to photograph.
