There has been a silence here for a while, but the reward will be that we have some great pictures to post. We had the big Irish (and Canadian) invasion, with our friends Alan, Audrey, Padraig and Rachel visiting us for 2 weeks.
Of course such a visit was a great excuse for us to take a few days holidays as well, we had been very busy at the office for the weeks leading up to the visit, so it was a great reward. Lots of things organised during this time, we started with a day and night in Johannesburg, we stayed in a beautiful B&B in Melville, had a great night out there, and a trip to the city centre.
The next day we left for 2 nights in a beautiful self catering house on the Hartebeestpoortdam. It was a great and luxury place, complete with butler, in house bar, view over the dam (from the swimming pool), and we really enjoyed our time there. It was close to the Cheetah rescue centre, and the visitors enjoyed checking this place out. On our way back we stopped in the Magaliesberg to do a canopy tour, a real adrenaline kick.
After this we went to Gaborone, where we showed them around town, office, Kgale Hill etc. After a few days we went for 2 nights to Madikwe game reserve, where we hired a self-catering house in the park, complete with ranger and safari vehicle. It was really nice not to have to drive ourselves, the house was gorgeous, and the mornings very early for the morning drive (we should have gone to bed earlier). We celebrated Valentines Day, as well as Alan’s birthday there. We saw loads of animals, including Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo (our first since 2000), brown hyena, spotted hyena, and of course loads of different antelope. The highlight was probably when our vehicle was surrounded by 7 lions, they were breathtakingly close.
After Madikwe we went back to Gaborone, were we enjoyed an Angels and Devils valentine’s party at the Gaborone dam. The following week our guests decided to take things easy, enjoy our pool and newly build bar. This gave us the chance to check on the office once in a while, and then join up with them again during the afternoon. Many nights of playing games, afternoons of playing pool volleyball, and a game of soccer once in a while. During all this our dog Sech made friends with everyone, and he was probably as sad as us to see everyone leave again.
Of course such a visit was a great excuse for us to take a few days holidays as well, we had been very busy at the office for the weeks leading up to the visit, so it was a great reward. Lots of things organised during this time, we started with a day and night in Johannesburg, we stayed in a beautiful B&B in Melville, had a great night out there, and a trip to the city centre.
The next day we left for 2 nights in a beautiful self catering house on the Hartebeestpoortdam. It was a great and luxury place, complete with butler, in house bar, view over the dam (from the swimming pool), and we really enjoyed our time there. It was close to the Cheetah rescue centre, and the visitors enjoyed checking this place out. On our way back we stopped in the Magaliesberg to do a canopy tour, a real adrenaline kick.
After this we went to Gaborone, where we showed them around town, office, Kgale Hill etc. After a few days we went for 2 nights to Madikwe game reserve, where we hired a self-catering house in the park, complete with ranger and safari vehicle. It was really nice not to have to drive ourselves, the house was gorgeous, and the mornings very early for the morning drive (we should have gone to bed earlier). We celebrated Valentines Day, as well as Alan’s birthday there. We saw loads of animals, including Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo (our first since 2000), brown hyena, spotted hyena, and of course loads of different antelope. The highlight was probably when our vehicle was surrounded by 7 lions, they were breathtakingly close.
After Madikwe we went back to Gaborone, were we enjoyed an Angels and Devils valentine’s party at the Gaborone dam. The following week our guests decided to take things easy, enjoy our pool and newly build bar. This gave us the chance to check on the office once in a while, and then join up with them again during the afternoon. Many nights of playing games, afternoons of playing pool volleyball, and a game of soccer once in a while. During all this our dog Sech made friends with everyone, and he was probably as sad as us to see everyone leave again.
Some pictures:
The canopy tour at Magaliesberg
Lions in Madikwe
More lion..... 
And more, very close
Elephant in Madikwe
Our accomodation in Madikwe
Group picture...
Coffee during the early morning game drive
Alans birthday
Relaxing at home at our lappa and new bar
And of course a braai
