Had a blast today!

We went to the Lory Park Zoo (http://www.lorypark.co.za/) in Midrand today. It's a small, private zoo, but the upkeep and care of the animals is beyond any zoo I've ever seen. The highlight of the day was without a doubt bottle feeding a tiger, but I also played with lions, mountain lions, leopards, caracals, a porcupine, and a handful of other things. Check out my Flickr site for some pictures.

Ben and I are also taking off next week to go back to his farm for a few days and then we are heading out to Madikwe (http://www.madikwe-game-reserve.co.za/), which is a big five reserve where one of his friends is a ranger. It will be my first elephants, lions, buffalo, and black rhinos (among a whole lot of other things) in the wild. We get back from there early next week and promptly turn around and head out to Tswalu and the pangolin project for 10 days.