Hello everybody and seasons greetings!
Also apologies for the lack of blog entries during recent months. I am really not sure where the time has gone, but now we are nearing the end of the year I thought I would update you on a few things I have been up to and I plan to make sure I regularly keep the blog entries coming during 2011.
The most recent activity here in St Lucia was the visit I had from my two great friends Dani and Sarah. They decided to take a spontaneous trip to South Africa at the end of November to visit me and check out where I am now based and what I get up to! We had a really fantastic time and it was great fun having them to visit. I will be writing a few posts during the coming days about their visit here and I hope they will add some of their own comments too. Obviously I am not going to reveal everything that happened, I’ll leave that to them… but here are some highlights…
After a braai with Joe and Sonete the afternoon they arrived we had an early night (well after Dani also had pizza at St Pizza!) and headed off the next day to Cape Vidal to spend some time chilling on the beach and having a braai for lunch. Xolani (Theo) was our guide and a couple of the boys came along too, John, Vimbo and Sboniso. The boys did a great job sorting the braai and feeding us a splendid lunch whilst we walked the beach relaxing and chatting (well there was a lot to catch up on!)
We then left Cape Vidal and drove back to St Lucia in time for the 4pm Hippo and Croc Boat cruise on the estuary. It was perfect weather, the drinks were cold, the sun was setting and we saw loads of fabulous wildlife, here are a few of my favourite photos from the boat trip…
One of the 2000 crocs living in St Lucia estuary
Male yellow weaver bird starting to build a new nest.
Look at those teeth! I wouldn't want to get too close, would you Dani...
The majestic African fish eagle!
Dani enjoying the cruise and checking whether it is 6 o'clock in Cairo!
Sarah spotting for more birds and wildlife.
After the boat cruise we headed to St Pizza for a fabulous meal and some delicious sangria! The girls ordered one fo the seafood platters and we couldn’t believe the size of it! It ended up feeding about 5 people, not the recommended 2!
Not bad for the first full day of the gilr’s visit, but there was lots more fune to come!
