Circle of Life

Our last game drive and the pincer movement by the 2 lionesses was an amazing thing to see. 

We had followed their movements from the hill top where they were both watching the plains. From the casually walking to the measured steps to the crouched flattened watchful stare the anticipation was. breathtaking. No-one seemed even to breathe as the lions watched unseen by us warthogs in the scrub. When it happened it happened so fast and the further lion on the plain disappeared behind a bush whilst a warthog came out screaming so close to us running for its life. The far lion didn't reappear so our driver moved the jeep to get a view behind the bush and we could see up close the warthog kill. She couldn't let go of its throat at any point and stayed with that to the end. The other lioness was very passive in this coming up and lying on the kill but not eating it. 

We are stranded in J'burg with no flights. The computers on the plane weren't talking to one another and we had to embark and disembark, go through Security three times. At one point our luggage was on the tarmac as the ground staff without torches had to peer to take out the cases for people who could catch other flights. We even made the runway.... then had to veer off back to the terminal.

Bused to an hotel for the night at about 1am.

My entire blip has disappeared which gave a flavour of the warthog kill.