Big Al & Rhodesia

by **Cubster** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:59 am

Chesh wrote:There are pictures of me and one of them lay in the same cot together, or on the sofa together or my mum carrying us round one on each hip.....as mentioned before just wish I was a little older so I could remember some of it.

Are they sure which one they kept?

by **Correus** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:20 am

Chesh wrote:
grant wrote:My wife really wants to go to Africa, so someday it will happen. Funny how that works. She wants to see Gorillas, Chimps, and such. I of course have mapped out how far Rorke's Drift is from "Chimp Eden" - and it's surprisingly close. So maybe. Someday.

My mum looked after two chimps as pets when we were in Liberia. Sally-Ann and then Billy. Sge tells the story that she saved them both from the cooking pot. There are pictures of me and one of them lay in the same cot together, or on the sofa together or my mum carrying us round one on each hip.....as mentioned before just wish I was a little older so I could remember some of it.

Can you post the pic?!?! I would love to see it!!!

by **Correus** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:22 am

Sirius wrote:
Correus wrote:@Sirius - Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!!! You are making me want to go SO bad!!!!

I have a Rover friend in SA who is one of the owners of a excursion company named 'African Adrenalin'. If I knew I could get by with it I'd drop everything and run off to work with him!

Just visit. It doesnt have to be a huge life change. Do a week or five in SA/Botswana/Zambia in a hired vehicle - you might have to stoop to a Hilux or such - to get used to the conditions and learn how to deal with us Africans...And you will get a better sense of what you need or dont need for the big trip. (I have no doubt the Africa bug will bite. As Al says, nothing quite the same as confronting big game in their own backyard...)

Honestly, you can get a very good African experience in a conventional rental, with a just a few transfers into more remote lodges or parks. Many of the Botswana lodges and villages are easier to get to by plane than by road (sand track) anyway - you can charter a Cessna for less than it will cost you in fuel and food to drive there.

You know....that's a thought.

What do you think the possibilities of a guy from the USA getting a part-time job to help pay expenses while there?

by **Chesh** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:38 am

Correus wrote:
Chesh wrote:
grant wrote:My wife really wants to go to Africa, so someday it will happen. Funny how that works. She wants to see Gorillas, Chimps, and such. I of course have mapped out how far Rorke's Drift is from "Chimp Eden" - and it's surprisingly close. So maybe. Someday.

My mum looked after two chimps as pets when we were in Liberia. Sally-Ann and then Billy. Sge tells the story that she saved them both from the cooking pot. There are pictures of me and one of them lay in the same cot together, or on the sofa together or my mum carrying us round one on each hip.....as mentioned before just wish I was a little older so I could remember some of it.

Can you post the pic?!?! I would love to see it!!!

This is the one I can find straight away (brother's facebook)....will have a look what else I can find when I next go to my parents in two weeks.