Karongwe day 3 – 5/31/2026

Leopard

We had one finalmorning game drive this morning before a long drive back to Johannesburg where we will spend the night before a smaller group of us will continue on to Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls. We were lucky enough to…

Karongwe Day 2 – 5/30/2026

Lions

We had a couple of drives today, a morning and an afternoon one with lunch in the middle back at camp. We got awake up call early in the morning after the guides had walked through camp to make sure…

Kruger to Karongwe – 5/29/2026

Warthog

Today we drove from Kruger to Karongwe to do additional game drives. We checked into our “tents” which were elevated on platforms, and had wooden floors, full bathrooms, a nice porch and a sizeable bedroom. You really couldn’t have asked…

Kruger National Park – 5/28/2026

Wildebeaast

I’m combining all of the photos from Kruger into one blog post because they all run together after the fact. Wildebeaast Crocodile Lion Lion Wildebeast Ostrich Ostrich Helmeted Guineafowl Giraffe Impala Impala Giraffe Impala Helmeted Guineafowl Giraffe Giraffe Giraffe Giraffe…

Johannesburg to Kruger – 5/27/2026

A bird at the rest area

Today we drove from Johannesburg to Kruger, we had several stops along the way and one of those was a rest area that had quite a few animals in fenced fields beyond the shops and far off into the distance.…

Singapore – 5/25/2026

View from our room at Marina Bay Sands

Thankfully Conrad woke up this morning with no fever, a dramatically improved cough and feeling much better. We will continue to rest in the room today and make sure that he’s feeling better before we head to the airport for…

Singapore – 5/24/2026

Unfortunately Conrad woke up feeling even worse this morning and with a high fever. We reached out to Steph and she suggested taking the antibiotics that we had with us because it was starting to sound like it was progressing…

Singapore – 5/23/2026

Marina Bay Sands

We arrived at the Singapore Airport and had a message from the Marina Bay Sands hotel that their representative would meet us just outside of baggage claim and telling us what gate our luggage would be on. Our bags had…

Mumbai to Singapore – 5/22/2026

Stairs to the lower deck of the A380

We got all of our bags out last night, and had an early start this morning so we went to The Veranda one last time for breakfast. We saw Joy our usual Veranda greeter as well as Ni Lui who…

Agra to Mumbai – 5/21/2026

We had breakfast and then checked out of the lovely Oberoi Amarvilles hotel. The Oberoi brand was exceptional. They have their own hospitality school and set the standard for service in India. They have a high turnover because other hotels…

Agra Day 2 – 5/20/2026

Taj Mahal views at Sunrise

We left the hotel this morning to go visit the Taj Mahal at Sunrise. Same procedure of transferring to the main gate by golf cart from the Oberoi, which was quite convenient. We were the first people to enter the…