A BLOG ABOUT OUR TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA!

Hi friends and family!

So the idea of creating a blog while in South Africa didn't work! We had very little internet and when we were in a place that had internet we were too busy or tired to get on to post.

So, plan B is to create some post - vacation blogs with pictures and videos that we took. Can't say how long this will take or how good they will be, but Gary and I want to share with you some of the extraordinary experiences we had in Kruger National Park.

As far as things in general, we loved everything about South Africa.

-The people were very friendly and they were easy to understand. They spoke their own language to each other (a type of Dutch language) but spoke and understood English. (PICTURE: The women all carry things on their heads! This picture shows four cleaning ladies heading off to work.)

-Prices for everything were cheap or the same as things in the U.S. The only thing that might have been more expensive was gas. It was sold by the liter, so it is kind of hard to compare, but it seemed expensive.

-Food was good and the places we stayed were very first class, clean and safe (except for the monkeys). (PICTURE: This monkey came and stole a loaf of bread from the neighbor! The Burchell Lodge we stayed in was great. It was right in the bush. We had zebras, wildebeast, baboons right in our backyard.)

-Driving wasn't much of a problem - they drive on the left - but they do drive fast and some of their ways of driving are different. Like, they drive on the shoulders of the road!

The next blog will be "CUTE ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS" - stay tuned!