by Natalie | Sep 20, 2008 | Conservation
September 2008 **This article originally appeared on zoocrew.eu as part of our Conservation Awareness project. ** When you think of a lion, does the word vulnerable spring to mind? Vulnerable is exactly how the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...
by Natalie | Aug 20, 2008 | Conservation
August 2008 **This article originally appeared on zoocrew.eu as part of our Conservation Awareness project. ** Commercial Exploitation Programme Officer, Claire Palmer looks ahead at this year’s Olympics. This August the Olympics will again unfold with a...
by Natalie | Aug 8, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Friday 08 August 2008 We woke up to the birds this morning and waited patiently for the alarm to go off an hour later. It was nice and warm in our tent since our fan heater had been on all night. But at about 6:15 all the electrics went off and so too did our...
by Natalie | Aug 7, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Thursday 07 August 2008 It was midnight when we turned off the lights last night and at about 2am it had become so cold in our tent that Heiko got up and turned the heater back on. The alarm went off at 5:30 and we very slowly emerged from a mountain of...
by Natalie | Aug 6, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Wednesday 06 August 2008 The alarm went off at 5:50 this morning and it was so COLD in our tent! Heiko got up and put the fan heater on and got back into bed for a snooze. We had literally been out of bed for about two minutes when the electricity went off and...
by Natalie | Aug 5, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Tuesday 05 August 2008 Waking up in our Flintstones rock paradise was lovely! After breakfast, I went for a back, neck and foot massage. It was perfect. I even managed to overcome my ticklish feet. The room was down by the swimming pool where the views are...
by Natalie | Aug 4, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Monday 04 August 2008 The temperature wasn’t so bad when the alarm went off this morning but we were getting up after sunrise today! We finished packing our bags and carried everything across to the main lodge where we were having breakfast. The mug of tea was...
by Natalie | Aug 3, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Sunday 03 August 2008 We both woke up several times during the night, and we even woke up to the whoop whoop of hyena. When our alarm went off at 5am we were both too warm and toasty in the bed to brave the cold morning air but when we realised it was 5:20 we...
by Natalie | Aug 2, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Saturday 02 August 2008 It was cold outside the bed this morning and when the alarm went off at 5:30 we weren’t so keen on pulling back the duvet. After tea and a couple of cereal bars we were on our way into Hwange National Park. This time our driver was...
by Natalie | Aug 1, 2008 | Africa, Travel
Friday 01 August 2008 We had quite an adventure today! We were up early and all packed ready to leave after breakfast. We arrived at the border in Botswana to have our passports stamped and the woman behind the desk was being very ‘sharp’ with the man in front...
