http://karineandpeter.com/life Karine and Peter's Excellent Adventures Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:11:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click here for the Singita picture gallery! http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=21 Peter takes final snapshots from our patioWe spot the usual suspects (water buffalo, various birds, giraffe, hippo, zebra, hyena) on the last game drive of our trip. Peter and I pack our bags before breakfast and head down to the pool for our final meal. As Fortune pours ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=20 We don’t see anything particularly exciting on our morning game drive, mostly the same animals. After breakfast, I swim and read by the pool while Peter takes a nap. We have a couple’s massage scheduled in a few hours and plan to do some shopping for locally made ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=19 Our outdoor bedI’m up at 5:30am even without the dawn wakeup call. I leave Peter soundly asleep and take some photos of the sun rising on our patio. The sun’s colors look perfectly blended and ethereal streaming through the nets of our tented bed. Though many of ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=18 Thirty minutes after our wakeup call, the porter is knocking on our door, signaling it’s time to be escorted to the meeting spot. After a quick tea and scone, we’re bundled in blankets in the back of the Landrover and our dawn game drive begins. We take a ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=17 Transportation from Johannesburg to our safari reserve Singita Lebombo is by air. To be specific, a small 14 passenger Cessna plane that resembles a toy my younger brother once played with. Serving as a sort of air taxi, the plane drops people off at their respective lodges, and ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=16 Click here for the Cape Town picture gallery! http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=15 Last day in Cape Town... time to go shopping in the City Centre. We start the morning with a buffet breakfast on the outdoor patio of our hotel. Fascinating, exotic, fresh fruit spread. The sea breeze is blowing, boats are sailing, and Table Mountain is looming tall. ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=14 Whale-watching day! Ever since elementary school when my field trips consisted of whale-watching excursions off the Catalina Islands, I've been fascinated by whales. They're my favorite animals. Whales recur in my dreams, though I've yet to find a bona fide Freudian significance in their appearance. My ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=13 Today is my 30th birthday. Holy Jesus. Supposedly I've just entered into my "prime" years. I don't know, wasn't that term coined by disgruntled Manhattan women in their 40s? When the hotel concierge, taxi drivers, and tour operators ask why we're here, the conversation naturally leads ... http://karineandpeter.com/life/?p=12