Echobaby

A Morning Bike Ride Dad likes to take the dogs running on Saturday morning.  Dad rides his mountain bike and the dogs run alongside (on lea...

Hilltop is humanity. Wren is 100% happy here. We have learned that an important feature of humanity is a building which does not have holes...

Wren is afraid of spiders but also fascinated by them.  Hearing that there were bats and a Baboon Spider in Lanny and Pete's cabin, he w...

Dawn Chorus Being in Kwazulu-Natal I am reminded why I was a birdwatcher.  During the dawn chorus every bleating, trilling, cooing-thing ...

"When are we going back to humanity?” asks Wren?   Apparently this bush lodge is not humanity at all despite having a full bathroo...

Highlight of the afternoon drive was a warthog with two tiny piglets.  They were just the right size for an eagle to snatch.  They spent th...

I slept in until I was woken by Wren, thrilled by a fully charged iPad.  Baboons barked, a gecko clicked like a switch and I saw large blac...

It was very hot today, the first day of sunshine. The puddles from Sunday night’s rain have completely evaporated, and Wren and I did not s...

The Internet Cafe. There was no internet today at Hilltop Camp.  There were no power plugs to charge either because we are on some kind o...

Day 2: Munyaweni Bush Lodge I woke with the light and checked the ground for scorpions. The wind had stilled and there was a pale grey sk...