Nothing quite like a 3kg sirloin on the braai (wood fire bbq) in the boma, (grass fed and matured meat incidentally from from my good mate Steve Maresch's Local Grill), sitting around the fire with Mario and Meagan, ranger/managers at Olifants and Baluli, sharing our wild African bush experiences. So much time spent in this magnificent part of the world, yet so much more to learn about nature and her intricacies. Some very hairy tails from all sitting around the fire, but all spoken with much sensitivity and shared awe. There is nothing quite like the wild African Bush. Hard to explain to someone who hasn't experienced it for themselves. It's a mixture of love, vulnerability, insignificance, total awareness, beauty, birth, death, nurture and earned respect all rolled into one.
Lying in bed now, I can hear a baboon quite close by barking warnings to his troop, interspersed with a hyena whooping every few seconds. Clearly there are lion on the prowl outside our lodge tonight. Not sorry now that Alex suggested he Dylan and I pack up in the boma after watching the last of the dying embers and head for the house as he felt that something was lurking about. It's cold outside, but it's warm in here..
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