Banging Around South Africa

who would have thought that one of the most incredible moments of my life would have been watching my son get excited about a lion eating water buffalo poo, but i'll claim it. tracking a lion in the wild for nearly an hour is one of the many amazing gifts south africa gave us. it gave us 3 days in kruger national park, a herd of 40+ elephants strolling past a pack of 10 lions for water in a nearly dry river basin, a stand off with a rhino on the road(rhino won...rhino always wins), wild dogs, kudu, a leopard, numb hands on a near freezing july morning, endless chicken mayo, that lion getting weird in the buffalo mess, and the dik dik. SA gave us the beautifully quiet coastal town of hermanus, the waves and wind at the cape of good hope(we thought jeff might have blown away), penguins, a death-defying cliff drive into cape town, an incredible italian meal in a south african dutch community, way too much fanta grape, and a surprising amount of rest and peaceful flights. all us bunch of americans trying not to created an international incident (we did not shoot anything) could give it in return is our love and respect. thank you, SA.