Kruger National Park 2010

We flew to Kruger National Park which is one of the largest game reserves where we get to see wild animals (just like in the Lion King - Disney movie) by propeller plane from Johannesburg.

Kruger National Park 2010/06/22 - 2010/06/24

giant gum ball, at the Jo-burg airport

and Lays on my lap

Beef Jerkey - chili crisp (African snack), couldn't stop eating (・ε・)ノ

The plane lane

Kwa-Mbili, the lodge we stayed at (some people would actually sleep in the tent in the jungle, to experience the thrill and the sense of adventure)

more of the lodge...

Liqueur selections

our lunch ヾ（▽＾　　）ゞ

our game ride, 1st day

there wren't many animals to see that day...

the moon was pretty huge though

Thorny-bush

A baby giraffe limb on the tree (trace of a leopard)

We spot the leopard, hiding under the bushes (oﾉωﾉ) ))))))

Ce Helen's eye

Tree branches

The whitebacked vulture

was pretty hard to get down from this vehicle ( *~∇~)ﾉ

break time

Our ranger Gavin, appeared as though he was checking Ce Helen out no? (^_<)〜☆

Ready to be the lion's bait ﾍ(￣ー￣)ﾉ

Sunset

more random pics of our break time

Tons of stars at night, Gavin was explaining the names of the stars using his laser pointer, and Adrian using the binocular to scrutinize it ☆　＼(^-^(*^^* )ゝ

The stars from my lodge

My room that night, was really coooooldddd

They served sherry to warm us up

Adrian's lodge

Sherry on his table

Adrian's room terrace

The next day, getting colder (it was winter in Africa), Ce Helen on her ninja sweater -=≡卍＼(-_- )

our game drive that day

blanket o┤*｀□´ *├o

Rhino tracks

Encountered a buffalo, said to be the most dangerous animal in the safari

You will never know if it's going to attack you for the unpredictable facial expressions at all times

having a break

I had to pee, and went into the bushes to do it.

our shadows (left to right : Adrian, me, ce Helen)

back on to our game ride

The vechile passing on a tree

and more trees...

The lodge's bungalow where we can see baboons playing around in the garden

I made friends with a Belorussian sky diver, Katya, we played around in the bungalow taking pictures with my adorable wide lens camera ━☆ﾍ(^-^ﾍ)ﾊﾟ

We hung out on the road, and were just randomly jumping around

and were just randomly acting as if the car broke ━━━☆＝⊃―o(￣▽￣o )

Adrian & roads board

The road back to our game lodge

The girls being random (9￣^￣)9

Back to another game drive

The buffalo land (we get to see quite a lot of animals this time)

Horns

Next... a drive to the elephant kingdom

The way elephants live

Trunks

Peeing elephant (！ ──__──)

Baby elephants

Mother elephant feeding baby elephant (￣^￣)ﾞo—∈~ (￣*￣ )

more random pictures...

The views I captured during the drive

This tree somewhat reminds me of the movie "Big Fish"

Sun setting...

The lion empire

Behind the grass

The lion yawning

Alert rangers

These lions are used to the shape and the engine sound of the car ever since they were born in that forest, so they don't fear nor feel threatened by it.. but the rule is : never put your hands/legs out of the car or stand up on top of the vehicle.