As you can imagine, I led the charge in group bonding! We quickly learned that Harry did not talk while driving, but that he did answer questions. No problem there! I sat up front for the next 8 days and asked him to explain everything we passed. Only once did he say the crop has to be over a couple of inches for to tell what it is. He was a driving encyclopedia of animal and plant life, history and economics, language and customs...
We passed towns, tribal lands and diamond mines on our way to Kruger. We watched the scenery change over our 7 hour drive and eventually we went through the Drakensburg Mountains down into the valley and entered the famous Kruger National Park.
After an interesting tent pitching lesson, we hopped on a cool safari wagon and took a night game drive with a park ranger. We had some great animal sightings with spot lights in pitch black setting. The best was a pair of lions walking along in the grass. We got back to camp to a warm dinner by the campfire. We learned that Harry cooks and we clean-up each meal. The campsite in the middle of Kruger was dead quiet by 10pm and it was a surreal feeling to be in the park surrounded by game held at bay by one small electric fence!
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