ACSian Theatre South Africa Tour 2006 - Day 2
The morning started at 5am for me when the morning call came 15 minutes earlier than it should. Perhaps it's the dry weather or my own fault, but my left nostril started to bleed while I was brushing my teeth. Quite freaky, considering the same nostril bled a few weeks ago. Breakfast started at 6am and the group got onto the coach once we were done. We made a trip to the airport to pick Gloria up, who had a piano exam on Saturday which she couldn't postpone, after which it was a 4-hour ride with two stopovers to Entabeni Private Game Reserve.
When the bus driver finally succeeded in navigating the winding paths to the main entrance of the reserve, we got onto the jeeps in our assigned groups (FYI, my group consisted of myself, Viknesh, Matthew, LC, Sabrina, Viki and Nirali; Mr Corbidge and Ms Cheng tagged along with us on the jeep too) and headed to our lodges. There were 4 locations of lodges in the reserve, and we got Lakeside (though it's stated Ravineside in our itinerary). Once we reached Lakeside, we had lunch at the restaurant and headed to our rooms to settle down (and mug for the J2s) until high tea at 3.30pm and the game drive at 4pm. The scary thing wasn't that I shared lodge 091 with Yi Jun, but the fact that it's a long walk from the main hall to lodge 091, and the place is full of falling or dangling SPIDERS.
Anyway, the game drive was really cool; kinda like a real-life simulator ride. Our group was driven around by Liana, a female park ranger, and our group managed to see: ticks, dung beetle, 5 giraffes (far away), white rhinos, antelopes, zebras and a couple of other stuff. We stopped over at some place in the middle of the reserve to take a break and to meet up with the other jeeps. Everybody clamoured to take a photo with the sunset as the backdrop. Once the break was over, we headed over to Ravineside to watch the stars as night fell. A telescope was also placed there for avid watchers. Watching the stars was a very good experience. It's the feeling that the sky was boundless, and the moon lighting up the land at night.
Dinner was taken around a campfire back at Lakeside, with a little African music and dance before food was ready to be served. After the meal and we went back to our lodges, Yi Jun immediately fell asleep while I slept after bathing.
To be continued
When the bus driver finally succeeded in navigating the winding paths to the main entrance of the reserve, we got onto the jeeps in our assigned groups (FYI, my group consisted of myself, Viknesh, Matthew, LC, Sabrina, Viki and Nirali; Mr Corbidge and Ms Cheng tagged along with us on the jeep too) and headed to our lodges. There were 4 locations of lodges in the reserve, and we got Lakeside (though it's stated Ravineside in our itinerary). Once we reached Lakeside, we had lunch at the restaurant and headed to our rooms to settle down (and mug for the J2s) until high tea at 3.30pm and the game drive at 4pm. The scary thing wasn't that I shared lodge 091 with Yi Jun, but the fact that it's a long walk from the main hall to lodge 091, and the place is full of falling or dangling SPIDERS.
Anyway, the game drive was really cool; kinda like a real-life simulator ride. Our group was driven around by Liana, a female park ranger, and our group managed to see: ticks, dung beetle, 5 giraffes (far away), white rhinos, antelopes, zebras and a couple of other stuff. We stopped over at some place in the middle of the reserve to take a break and to meet up with the other jeeps. Everybody clamoured to take a photo with the sunset as the backdrop. Once the break was over, we headed over to Ravineside to watch the stars as night fell. A telescope was also placed there for avid watchers. Watching the stars was a very good experience. It's the feeling that the sky was boundless, and the moon lighting up the land at night.
Dinner was taken around a campfire back at Lakeside, with a little African music and dance before food was ready to be served. After the meal and we went back to our lodges, Yi Jun immediately fell asleep while I slept after bathing.
To be continued
yours truly, tobias at 2:29 pm
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