by As I said in my last post, I was planning to be heading out of town. In case you haven’t figured out where I went, here is a hint.
While it isn’t the original by Toto, something about all those fresh faced Irish kids singing in Gaelige just warms my heart. And yes, as I can attest, it does rain in Africa. It also snows.
So yes, I went to Africa. Specifically, I went to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa to hunt with my brother-in-law Larry. I plan to have a number of posts about our experiences hunting, the people we met, our wonderful hosts Juan (pronouced Ju-On) and Lauren Stander of LJ Hunting Safaris, and the things we saw.
Lauren has put up a series of posts about our time in the Eastern Cape on their Facebook page. Here is a link to the first one.
Finally, in what I consider a closing of the circle, Jono McHugh of Round The Fire With Kingsview Safaris podcast relates how he happened to move to America and how he is now referring client inquiries to Juan and Lauren. I had reached out to Jono a year ago when I finally made up my mind to go on safari and he was the one who put me in touch with Juan. It was fitting that I listened to this podcast on my last leg of the journey home from Africa.
It took me a moment to remember it’s coming on to winter there. Sounds like a great trip.
Sounds like y’all had a great time and got some nice shots in!
The singing and enthusiasm was electric.
I have a neighbor and good friend who has close ties and remains a property owner in Tanzania; He would very much appreciate hearing of your journey and your thoughts.
If I’m correct, we are not that far from one another.