Day 2- Hunting-Petting-Eating Big Game

We spent the the day getting to know our new friend, Colin Webster and his wife, Sylvia. Colin is a part of our story in South Africa. They wanted to show us around a bit so we did some informal, rolling interviews on the way to a game park outside of Jo’burg. I suppose this is the South African

Colin Webster and I chew the fat

equivalent of a zoo. We are learning the South Africans are slightly more adventurous than we tend to be.

Keith has a way with giraffes

nothing says Africa like holding a lion cub while it attacks another lion cub

After the game park we tooled around the Gauteng countryside and stopped for a snack at a little place called Maggie’s Farm. Great homemade ginger beer and chicken pie.

Maggie’s Farm

Beaded toys for sale outside Maggie’s Farm

We capped off the day with dinner at a place appropriately named, Carnivore. Sort of Brazilian-style, lots of meat brought to your table on big skewers. In South Africa, the meat is Zebra, Wart Hog, Impala, Kudu and Elan. When in Rome eh?

It’s fun to say you’ve eaten Zebra. Actually eating Zebra is kind of the opposite.

Keith learns the fine art of slicing Impala.

I’m beat. I’ll leave you with some random shots of the day.

long shot of an “informal settlement”.

giraffe’s eye view

rainy road somewhere in Gauteng

the requisite “African woman balances something on her head” shot.

Keith working on his Nat Geo audition reel

We ate them later.

we got pretty close to the lions. Colin is a brave dude, that window is open.

Here they come, cue the Primus.