Sunday, November 15, 2015

The Lion King meets the Corvette King

My little buddy, Cubby

For 100 Rand, I had a close encounter

Well, it has been too many months since I blogged. Therefore I''m sort of embarrassed - as it's not as if nothing has happened in my life - indeed, almost everything has.  For starters, I journeyed to South Africa whiter I ate in five star restaurants, visited the prison where Mandela was held for 27 years, went to the top of Table Mountain, took a boat to Seal Island, visited the South African penguins, played with a baby lion cub and rode an elephant.

My little buddy, meeting on me
Today I'll stick to the lions, which we saw every day when we'd venture out at dawn and dusk with our guide and his tracker.  I've included a picture of an older male lion, as well as a female lioness, both resting as we drove by.  After all, in September it's Springtime in the southern hemisphere, and it was getting hotter each day.   I really enjoyed the Safari week, not to take away from a week of great dining and wine tastings in the Capetown area.

But to think, for 100 South African Rand,, with worked out to perhaps eight dollars U.S. currency, I got to step into the cage with this cute little bundle of fur and play with him.

And he played rough - when I go up to leave, it was then and only then that I noticed he'd scratched my forearms - and I didn't even notice until the keeper (and iPhone photographer) poured iodine on both arms, chased it with hydrogen peroxide and some bandages.  Next blog might be about the elephant ride
a 3 month old cub
A mama lion at rest
King of the Jungle, and bored silly with tourists taking pictures

I had the time of my life, playing with this little guy - soft and cuddly......and ten minutes went too quicly





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