I present to you our 1000 photos from Antelope Park in the form of a photo mosaic. This was made using the latest pro version of andreamosaic, an awesome tool and highly recommended, with the DeepZoom option enabled and presented … Continued
Had a nice last day at Chimfunshi today. Went out to Enclosure 1 and 2 for the morning and visited the compound and said hello to the kids. I love their car made out of fence parts. The chimps must … Continued
Last night Stephan took us to a drive to the house that’s being built and it really has a nice view over the river. Was good to get out for a little bit after a short day at the enclosures. … Continued
Sandra and I were at 3 and 4 today. There were lots of visitors around today with the Easter weekend. They all waited up top for the chimps to be release while Tom went inside with Berta still running lose … Continued
Decided to hang around camp today as still not feeling great and really not hungry. Got online and chatted to John a bit after he got home from work and polished off The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo. Now I … Continued
Not feeling well again. I suspect it must be the food. If it was the water i’d be sick every day. So didn’t do much at the enclosures today other then find as comfortable spot to lie down as possible. … Continued
This morning we went on a bushwalk and this time I was feeling well. Had a nurse of Dee Dee at the beginning and then headed into the bush. Jose went to get something out of her gumboot and Dee … Continued
When we were chatting to Innocent last night he mentioned he wants recent photos of all the chimps. Katie, one of the volunteers is a photography student and I have a decent camera so we made a plan that we’ll … Continued
After being locked out of the kitchen supplies last night and having no toilet paper in any of the toilets, this morning we couldn’t make breakfast as we couldn’t get the butter etc. We said goodbye to Phil this morning, … Continued
Today we all took our day off. Some South African miners the other guys had met last week were picking us up and taking us for a braae around 10 so got to sleep in a bit. Then got up … Continued
Awhile back I bought a behaviour enrichment toy for the chimps from Joe at Aussie Dog. Today we gave it to Milla. She’s a lovely chimps who stays inside because the other pick on her. We put chips and biscuits … Continued
Today it was off to the orphanage for our bushwalk with the chimps. I was feeling awful so didn’t really interact much but had fun watching the other guys playing with them. We were given food and drink to give … Continued
The Aussies were up early and made us all breakfast. Lots of eggs, sausages and toast and then they were headed to the orphanage for a bushwalk with the Chimps and take the others with them. I’m on my own … Continued
Up early this morning and hear the sounds of roosters crowing. Make myself some toast and do some quick washing before 7am. One of the girls is heading back to Ndola today and the others are heading into Chingola for … Continued
This morning I got up pretty early and made sure that people were receiving my sms’s and that they could definitely get through to my room in preparation for sorting out what happened yesterday. I patiently waited (not my strong … Continued
We were up bright and early to get me on my flight to Ndola. I’d left behind the one credit card I needed – the one I booked this flight with. Luckily John was with me and the card numbers … Continued
This morning we did our big pack to leave our nice room at The Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls to head to Johannesburg. It’s been a great stay and all the staff have been awesome. We flew out of Zimbabwe … Continued
Last full day in Vic Falls so we decided to chillax before John’s trip home and my onward journey to Zambia. Had planned to hang by the pool and go swimming but the temperature today had other ideas. It was … Continued
Up early this morning for a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana. Breakfast in the hotel started too late for us so off on an empty stomach. It was about an hour’s drive to the border and handover … Continued
We got up fairly early this morning and decided to head to the falls by ourselves. I’d read the spray this time of year is brutal so we went dressed in our togs. There’s a little path from the back … Continued
We had a relaxing morning, with a bit of a sleep in and then booked in some activities for the week: John’s helicopter ride for tomorrow, trip to Chobe Thursday and dinner at the Boma restaurant Fri night and of … Continued
Today we start our journey to Victoria Falls. As we’re leaving at 10am we get one last lion walk in with Lewa. We get her all to ourselves and take her on a decent walk finished with a bit of … Continued
Today’s our last full day at Antelope Park. So we’re trying to get our last few walks in with the different lions before we have to say goodbye. First up we took out the B’s. We tried to drive them … Continued
This morning we got to walk Lewa and took her for a pretty decent walk. She’s grown quite a bit in 2 weeks. After breakfast we headed out to the orphanage and this week was a lot less intense. We … Continued
John and I were both on data this morning so were split between MK’s for John and B’s for me. Just as we went to open up for the B’s a message came over the radio “We’re with the MK’s … Continued