Still here!

Hello Peeps!

I'm still around, no worries! Sorry, but I have been out of the country for some flying and work, but I'm back now.

I hit the ground running, but I will soon blog about what has been happing in my life!

P.S. Rhino poaching is taking another swing for the worst, but I will update soon!

Rhino in Southern Africa

You will see on the right hand pane of my blog is a question; You might wonder why this question, you might not be familiar with the serious catastrophe that we are facing here in Southern Africa.

Therefore I dedicate this blog and many more in the future to the Rhino Poaching epidemic that we have here in Southern Africa.

Do we want to go from this:

 

To this:

        

This is the harsh reality that we are facing on a daily basis. 

 http://www.stoprhinopoaching.com/register.aspx

Join us in our fight against Rhino Poaching, lets stop these savages that is busy killing and maiming this magical and beautiful animals, lets ensure the survival of the rhinos, not just survival but an aggressive growth in numbers all over Souther Africa.

Make your voice heard and join the STOP RHINO POACHING petition link below:

To every person out there who has had the unforgettable experience of encountering a rhino. To each of you out there who has always longed to do so.

 To anyone who calls themselves a lover of nature, a supporter of conservation, a human being, let’s stand together as a nation proud and DO SOMETHING.

Something magical!

There is something magical to sit and watch an African Fish Eagle soar high in the sky, ever watching over the waterways of the majestical Okavango Delta. 

Patrolling its territory and watching for bream or tigerfish to drop its gaurd and as peacefull and magical as this bird of prey was it transforms into a fierce fighting bird of prey and as swift as a hot knife through butter it swoops out of the air and within seconds its all over and the Fish Eagle is sitting high up in a leadwood tree enjoying its catch.

The Fish Eagle is my favourite bird of prey and I am fortunate to have a resident Fish eagle nest in a nearby tree to my house and enjoying this magical bird's call early every morning.

MAGICAL AFRICA

 

P.S. Over the next few days in conjunction with my normal day to day happenings, I will blog a little about my favourite animals, birds, etc.

Lunch at Duba Plains

Flew some directors of Wilderness Safaris and Community members around today.

Last minute change on the days schedule because a plane went technical and I took over the flying.

Flying into Vumbura airstrip and seeing a huge herd of Cape Buffalo and elephant around the airstrip just made me smile! Wow, what an office I have!

I arrived at Duba Plains and went into camp to wait for the delegates to have their bi-annual community meeting. Lunch and sight seeing was awesome.

Sitting and watching an African fish eagle gently gliding around and looking for prey in the swamp land in front of camp. It was so tranquil and peacefull, seriously good for the soul.

Departed for Seronga to drop off and then empty back to Maun. Like I mentioned before due to the very stable air over the Okavango Delta this time of year the visibility is very poor. I managed to get above all the smog at 11500 ft or Flight level 115. Awesome flight back to Maun, cruising at around 170 kts.

So all in all a very awesome day!

ONWARDS

What a day!

I'm exhausted!

Brian is frozen and tired! Wow, what a day!

Office, flying, Office, flight training, Office. That is the short of my day.

Flying wise it was ok, but the visiblity is super shocking this time of year. Down to about a mile or three in smoke and dust, or smog as we call it. Turbulence was also quite bad in the little C 172 today.

I'm now heading for a shower and then bed, tomorrow is another busy day.

Good night and sleep well!

P.S. I wont be blogging every day, but I will keep this as up to date as possible!

It's Sunday!

Hello Peeps

Today is my off day, so what do I do on this one special day in the week?

Good question!

Well today is the Wimbledon Tennis Mense Final, just about the start now.

This morning I did some gardening and made a few bird feeders to get more species of birds into our garden. We are trying our best to establish a lawn out our house, something quite challenging here in Northern Botswana. The soil quality is not very good, but we will try our best.

The rest of the day was spend relaxing and reading.

Now with a Gin and Tonic in hand and the tennis about to start in 3 minutes.

I wish you and your family a fantastic evening!

ONWARDS!

It's the weeeeekend!

Today was another nice flight, this time in the caravan. Awesome just flying along the green grass plains and swamps of the beautifull Okavango Delta.

Landing at Xigera airstrip and spending 30 min on the ground before the next movement was good for the soul. Out in the African bush and to witness the awesome wildlife and secenry just around the airtsrip was fantastic. Impala, Lechwe, Tsetsebe and Warthog just plodding along and do what they do; animaling around!

Today was my 90 day route check; during this check I fly with a training captain and he checks that I still fly the aircraft within company and manufacturer limitations and as per procedures. It all went well and I passed it! So, fine for another 90 days!

Well, as the title to todays blog says, It's the weekend! Time for friends and relaxing, but not until I finish one more training flight tomorrow morning!

Sitting at home watching Wimbledon semi-finals, tomorrow the Super 14, Super Rugby challenge between the Stormers and the Crusaders, I hope the Stormers pull this one off! Then Sunday is the Wimbledon Finals! So a weekend of sport and friends.

On this note, I wish you all a fantastic weekend.

Onwards!