chuggys world tour

oops, I did it again!

the highest bungy jump IN THE WORLD!!! 216m from a roadbridge (Bloukrans) in Tsitsikama, Republic of South Africa

WOOHOO!!!!

so, whilst I was on the Game Ranger course, I applied for an extension to my visa for RSA…I paid my money and was told it would be ready in a week or so.

10 days later and it still wasnt ready but I was told by the nice lady that I could go travelling and they would ring me when it was ready, at which point I would tell them the nearest Home Affairs office to me at that time and they would fax the details there so that office could stamp my passport

2 weeks later and I duly get a call from the nice lady. I popped into the Home Affairs office at PE only to be told that in NO CIRCUMSTANCES would they stamp my passport!…they wouldnt speak to the nice lady at Phalaborwa and then proceeded to tell me that I should be deported immediately! or go back to Phalaborwa that night…and because I was doing vountary work, I was in breach anyway and they should be calling the poilce immediately!!!!!!! QUITE A SHOCK, i CAN TELL YOU!

even the nice lady who I got to ring her couldnt get her to change her mind!

so, PLAN B: the nice lady said if I could post the passport to someone local to her, she would stamp the passport and then said person could send it back to me!…sorted!

…….except it now appears that my passport has been lost in the post!!!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! the saga continues!

OK an update: i DID pass the Gmae Ranger course...in fact I got top marks with 83% (I think) WOOHOO!!!!!!!!! The course was set in the Garonga reserve just outside Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province of RSA, they have 4 of ... [Continue reading this entry]

wow!!! its all happening here! I was bringing some of the students back from their shift during a 24hr water count, at about 1/2 past midnight when we spotted a leopard crossing the track in front of us! I pulled over ... [Continue reading this entry]

update 26th June Well, as I now get the keys to the Landie, I can drive folks around (well kind of: I get to drive the students up to meeting points with Stuart) its kind of entertaining as theres quite ... [Continue reading this entry]

So, then end of my stay at Kwa Tuli is almost here: I leave for South Africa on Monday. Its been a great 6 weeks - lots of animals and some great people (including Trigger, I guess ;^)) the weather has ... [Continue reading this entry]

fly out to J'burg on the 25th March for a 6 week project in the Tuli block of eastern Botswana. This will be followed by a 6 week project in the Game Capture team through northern, western and Southern South ... [Continue reading this entry]