Nkulu<\/a> under the Sign of the Martial Eagle. They were on their way home.<\/p>\nSiesta at Skukuza, went out again towards five. First checked to see if the wild doggies were still in the same area, they were not. Came back via H1-2, found a troop of baboons having a bath next to the low bridge to Skukuza.<\/p>\n
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There was plenty of sunlight left so we drove past the tree with the impala in it (with a whole lot of people waiting for the leopard to come back) and on towards Paul Kruger Gate when… we spotted cars. Plenty cars.<\/p>\n
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Yup, that close.<\/p>\n
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‘e’s just a puddy tat!<\/p>\n
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Of course by now it was a complete clusterfsck.<\/p>\n
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Something scared him…<\/p>\n
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… I think it was those two guys on the back of the bakkie (that’s exactly where he was looking). They looked like rangers, which presumably exempts them from the rules?<\/p>\n
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But I jockey for position like a mofo, so we managed to get some more photos, albeit further away.<\/p>\n
(The other 500 photographs are available on request :-)<\/p>\n
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