Kruger National Park Day 4

In the morning at the Lodge, we went for a walk around looking mostly at native plants. No gun necessary this time, as there were no large predators around here, except for the occasional Leopard. Reassuring, hey?

We were told about lots of plants that can be used for other things, some that can be used as an alternative to shampoo, medicines, etc. A pretty subdued walk around as it was our last day and we weren't hunting around for large animals to see, just looking at plants.After breakfast, we set out on the approximate 6-7 hour ride back to Johannesburg, with a few stops along the way, including, like I mentioned, at God's Window, on the top of the Blythe River Canyon.

So, after a while, we made it up to God's Window, and had a look around. Very nice, very scenic, with some of the edges dropping straight off, all the way down. We were looking around and hopping from rock to rock, probably a little close to the edge (hindsight is 20/20, right?), when I bit the dust. I flew off the one boulder, fell about 6 feet and came to a stop on the ground, right next to the edge. It was a looong way down. It scared one lady who saw me go flying more than it did me, she screamed, I just kind of laughed it off. A few scrapes, and a hole punched into my left palm, but nothing major to speak of. Adds some excitement to the trip!

We then got back inside the van and continued on to Johannesburg. A lot of violence erupting here right now, with a lot of fighting going on between refugees from Zimbabwe and local people living in the townships. They had to call in the army to assist the police in quelling the riots. Flying back to Cape town the day following, and on to Argentina on Sunday.