When I woke up this morning I was quite surprise to see a tent no too far away from us and three other tents on the far side of the toilet facilities, and I thought we were the only ones camped there. The four guys in the tent next to us were building a swimming pool somewhere nearby.

On the way out I told the reception that they should consider putting up another sign that is not blocked by growing trees, but whether they would or not, I will never know. While stopped at the Spar shop for Alison to pick up some groceries I was approached by a glue sniffing African who wanted money. I told him I had nothing and he reacted by warning me to go and not come back as otherwise I would never leave the car park. I just ignored him and went inside Tuah and locked the door. After awhile he gave up talking to me and walked away.

While looking for the way to Punda Maria (one of the entrance to Kruger Park) we came across a camping shop and took the opportunity to buy a much needed table, a grill and a pair of Jim Greens ( copy of Crocs) for myself. We were at Punda Maria at 1300hrs and after paying our entrance fees of Rand 350 and a quick bite for lunch we were on Safari! The first animal we saw was a deer running away from us for dear life down the road and Adrian shouting at me for chasing it away!

We didn’t see anything else until we were nearing the first campsite, Shingwedzi, when we came across loads of Impalas, Zebras and Giraffes. After checking in at a reasonable cost of Rand 151 (much to our surprise as we expected to pay more) we settled in quickly, had dinner and off to bed although it was rather warm.