happy friday!

monkeys!

 a collection of the animals we discovered on the road, as we were driving around kruger.

baby franklins with guinea fowl babysitters? sure, why not.

warthog family.

my bro managed to capture this beautiful shot, it's definitely tourist postcard worthy!

have wonderful weekends.

zebras + impala

This zebra photo is another of my favs from the trip, just because one zebra is modelling and the others are like extras on a set. I'm pretty proud of these photos, considering impala usually ran away we were able to get pretty close. And I love that they were just in a big group along with some zebras too.

mark twain

considering i'm procrastinating my italian study i thought this was appropriate

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.



:) wish me luck on the test tomorrow!

there's something in the water

a collection of some of the animals we found in the water

 water buffalo

and elephants playing!

and a tiny baby elephant!

thank you Africa!

a simple mirror. or is it?

oh man, imagine the fun you could have with this.

colours!

the most amazing and unexpected colours on this little lizard!

Lovely giraffes

Giraffes amaze me, the way they can bend their necks over without losing balance has also impressed me.
And I must admit that I'm quite proud of the above photo, I like that the front giraffe is in focus and the back one is looking nicely and they just fit together. Of course, this photo is amongst a whole lot of other ones that didn't work out, so, y'know, 1 in 50?

And then they slowly ventured off back into the scrub. Such lovely animals, I must say. Slow, peaceful, graceful.

they don't usually sit on their knees..

but we saw it twice, at the edge of the same dam. it must have been the same bird.

but why, lazy hyena?

And why was there a lazy hyena lying on the side of the road?
Guarding a den of course! The hyena walked back into the scrub and came out again, procuring this little baby that about 3 or 4 hyenas were minding. Then, after proudly showing off the offspring, the adults put baby back in the den and went off hunting.

Hyena

Lazy hyena on the side of the road. Absolutely amazing that we managed to get so close!