Have you heard our story? If not, you wouldn't know why Charlie and I have a little extra special place in our hearts for game viewing. Yes, we love the wildlife. Yes, we enjoy being out in the bush. But the little extra special place, that is because we met on a road trip that had us viewing game nearly every day for about a month. For me, sitting in the car eating biltong  and dried fruit while driving at snails pace looking for critters brings back a flood of wonderful memories.

This past weekend Charlie and I decided to go on a bit of a drive. We woke up at 4:00am, jumped in the car with our handy directions downloaded from google maps and headed in what we thought was the right direction. Hmm. As it turns out, google maps is not so great with directions in South Africa. Or rather, South Africa is not so great with sign posting roads. We ended up a bit lost. There is nothing quite like the rush of driving around Johannesburg before the sun is up through windy country roads labeled not with street names but with signs that read: 'highjacking hot spot'. Add to that the fact that gas stations in South Africa do not sell maps, and you have a recipe for an adrenaline filled morning.

After three hours and going in several circles, asking for directions every 20 minutes we managed to make it to the Pilanesberg Game Reserve. Here are the first of many images to come from our day in Pilanesberg. We managed to see quite a bit of game, from zebra and rhino, wildebeest, cheetah, elephant and hippo. I want to give each critter its time in the spot light. Today: Zebra