Kruger National Park

	This isn't Africa, but a new terminal at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. I think this is called 2E. Very nice, but not totally finished, and the wireless network was not up and running here yet. Anyway, flew to Johannesburg, overnighted and the next day flew out to Palaborwa a town adjacent to the park.
Flight to Palaborwa. The last picture is of an open pit mine in Palaborwa. It is the second largest in the world. Mainly high quality copper.
	Palaborwa Airport - pretty neat, well designed and very funky.
	My tour was operated by Viva Tours who owned Taramisan lodge where I would stay while visting the park. While not inside of Kruger it was inside a private game reserve and was much nicer than I expected. Notice the monkey outside my door in the last picture.
Animals- It will just be easier if I group pictures by type of animal instead of trying to chronical the three days of going into the park.
Antelope, specifically impala. The guide called them "McDonalds" because they are everywhere and they have a black "M" on their rump.
	Family of warthogs.
	Scopes owl. This little guy was probably less than six inches tall and just sitting in a tree in one of the campgrounds.
	Marabou Storks sunning themselves.
Lilacbreasted Roller. Stunning colors, but by the third day were very commonplace.
kudu?
Blue wildebeest
	Several hippopotamus in the ecnter frame laying next to the water.
	Ground hornbill.
	Malacite kingfisher
	The lone rhino for the trip.
	Yellow hornbill (common)
	Our vehicle was a toyota pickup truck with a frame mounted to the bed. I think the open sides and the small size enhanced the experience.
	Baboon
	Chamelon we almost ran over... took him to the cloest tree.
	waterbuck?
	Uh... could be Redbilled Francolin
	Driving around the lodges game ranch...
	Giraffe print
List of Animals	Vervet monkey Tree squirrel Lion African elephant White rhinocerous Burchell's zebra Hippopotamus Griaffe Blue windebeest Klipspringer Steenbock Impala Buffalo Kudu Bushbuck Waterbuck
List of Birds	Ostrich Little Egret Great white egret Grey heron Gloiath heron Saddlebilled stork Marabou stork Painted snipe African jacana Blacksmith plover Whitecrowned plover Lesser blackwinged plover Swainson's francolin Secretarybird Whitebacked vulture Whiteheaded vulture Lappetfaced vulture Bateleur Brown snake eagle Wahlberg's eagle Tawny eagle African fish eagle Martial eagle Dark chanting goshawk Scops owl Brownheaded parrot Grey lourie Burchell's coucal Redfaced mousebird Pied kingfisher Malachite kingfisher Liliacbreasted roller African Hoopoe Yellowbilled hornbill Redbilled hornbill Grey hornbill Ground hornbill Blackheaded oriole Longtailed shrike Blue waxbill