Letaba January 23, 2018
Yesterday was our first full day at Letaba.  Helen wanted to get in a run before we went out yesterday am.  Given the temperature is rising to around 35 degrees, you can pretty much only run in the morning. She managed to do just over 30 minutes by running around every loop in the camp. After she had showered we went out for a morning drive to Engelhard Dam. The bird life was again quite good...
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Kruger Park Day 2 January 20, 2018
The gates open at 4:30am at the moment.  That seemed a little early for Helen and I and so we agreed to set an alarm for 5am.  I was awake before the alarm went off and we left for our first morning drive before 5:30am. There is a dam near the camp (called Sunset Dam) - it is only about 1 km away.  It was definitely worth visiting for bird sightings.  There were some many birds...
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Kruger Park Day 1 January 19, 2018
Helen and I are doing something we have never done before ... 2 weeks in the Kruger Park. We left this morning from home at 7:45am and headed for the airport.  Michael kindly dropped us off. Our flight left at 10am for Nelspruit Kruger Airport.  When we arrived the pilot said it was 26 degrees C but his thermometer must have been off because by the time we got into the car it was reading 31...
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