what i’ve been up to

It feels like ages since I’ve last blogged.  mmm, where to start??  We went on a volunteer trip a couple of weeks ago to the Kgalagadi Park.  It was a great break from work and everybody got the chance to relax and not think about work.  We saw loads of giraffes and even saw a cheetah mom with 4 cubs.  That must’ve been the highlight of my trip.  On the day we left the park we got held up by four male cheetahs walking in the road.  They spotted a springbok, but decided that they have too many spectators and just chilled out under a tree.

I’m almost halfway through my Earthwatch season.  After then next group which I’m picking up on Tuesday I will be halfway.  Then I plan on taking some time off to visit friends and family.

It’s been really cold here in the Kalahari, and we spend our mornings freezing next to the meerkat sleeping burrows until they finally decide it’s warm enough to get up.  Parties on the farm is still as crazy as always and it’s fun just chillin’ over the weekends.

Two weeks ago we rescued a two month old meerkat pup from a couple of kids who were walking with it on a rope next to the road.  Everybody at the project played babysitter for him and made it a group effort to find food for him.  We would dig huge holes to get scorpions, run after and pounce on tree skinks and collect termites for the poor hungry guy.  Was loads of fun having little Rob around and a sad moment when we left him at the rehab centre.  But he will have a long happy life there.

Other than that there’s not much happening in my life.