Transkei - The uspoilt beauty of Haga-Haga

Just returned from a glorious week with friends at Haga Haga in the Transkei. Took masses of pix, but still didn't do justice to the place.. The beauty of Haga lies in it's unspoilt beaches and lack of rampant, Ballito-style property development. There are no burglar guards - it is a laid-back experience where people can walk at night, collect shells, fish, play cricket on the beach - which is as it should be.

naughty puppy - Okavango Delta

There's not supposed to be any interaction between humans and wildlife when viewing game but this little chap, just like any puppy, was just too in*uisitive (damn missing cue again) to keep his distance.

Successful Earth Hour

Johannesburg - During Earth Hour on Saturday South Africans saved 350 megawatts of electricity, enough to power Bloemfontein for a whole day, Eskom said on Tuesday. We must do this more often
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My...what big teeth you have.

Exactly how I'm feeling right now. Time for bed I reckon.

consider the lilies.....

With crystal clear water, it wouldn't be the Okavango delta without the lilies.

A gorgeous bird indeed.

One day I might just be lucky and get one of these in flight - they're not easy since the first  you normally see of them is the bright red flash of their wings in flight. So I had to make do with this one on the ground waiting it's turn at an Mkuze waterhole in Zululand. It is of course a Purple Crested Tauraco.

Endangered Wattled Cranes - Okavango delta

We had never seen so many Wattled Cranes together. In the evening they would fly in from all directions like a fleet of jumbo jets, but much uieter (cue not working dammit) of course. On our last evening count, there were at least 40 gathered.