[PRETORIA - South Africa]
Yours truly has had a hetic and somewhat amazing time since my last posting. Again all too much too write in detail, but sit back and enjoy this brief tour.

I spent about a week in Zimbabwe and Zambia. I especially loved talking to the locals who are so friendly and interactive. I spent 2 days at the mighty Vic Falls, one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. Watching the sheer amount of water falling, the rainbows catching the overspray and being drenched by the very same overspray on a hot African summers day is too beautiful for words to
describe.

I flew back to the big bad Joburg of Sth Africa where I met and travelled with a remarkable girl from Berlin. Togther we have spent the last 10 days travelling around Sth Africa with a rental car. As usual, my favourite highlights since my last posting are as follows-

* African Tribal Dancing- to hear the melodies and harmonies, the "brrrrp" sounds as in Paul Simons Graceland album. The energy of movements and the sharp, wild foot stamping dancing.

* Tip Truck School Bus- I was amazed to see a 'load' of Zambian school childeren, in neat white uniforms, jump off a tip truck after a day's school. They were all standing in the back with no extra safety barriers; Im sure parents in the west would be horrified.

* Lions in Kruger Park, Sth Africa- After driving in the exhausting heat for 2 days and resinged to not seeing lions, we were surprised on my 3rd day as we were just leaving the park- 2 lions found a dead hippo in the water and was picking at it like one does when one isnt really hungry but simply because it was food.... the crocodiles were waiting in the water and one croc floated all the way up next to the hippo and the feeding lion. It sat there waiting as the lion 'nibbled' on. The lion got up on all 4's to stretch, saw the croc and raised a paw and in one sweeping motion brought it down in defiance with a loud roar....the croc left real quick! Magic to see who is king!

* Elephant- Again in Kruger, we came up unexpectedly next to a bull elephant; it was unhappy with us encrouching on its personal space, so in a defiant shake of its head and flapping of its ears it threatened to charge, I found the reverse gear quickly and made some distance!

* Right at the Robot (Traffic light)- South Africans dont seem to know their own town, let alone which hand is left or right. The number of times we got lost due to bloody directions.....(sigh) And you think you can easily buy a map of a town....think again!

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