In early August of 2018 Andy was asked to travel to South Africa for work.  The trip began with a quick three and a half days of field work out of a planned five. Having such an efficient field crew assisting enabled us to finish up early and allowed for a Friday morning mill tour followed by an afternoon of zip lining through the Drakensberg Mountains.  After dropping a coworker at the Johannesburg airport Andy took an all too brief visit to Kruger National Park.  One day was simply not long enough but amazing nonetheless and provided Andy with his one and only wild rhino siting.  The final day in Joburg started with a visit to the powerful and informative Apartheid Museum.  After leaving the museum I toured around the city for a while before heading to the airport for the 15 hour return flight.   Visiting eastern South Africa for a short work trip, mixed with a few days of vacation on the end, was an amazing opportunity.  Hopefully sometime in the near future I can take the family with me on a longer trip and check out more of the country.

South African Flag at the Apartheid Museum

Outside the guesthouse in Tzaneen

Fresh avocado on the plantation

Monkey accidentally caught in a porcupine trap

Eucalyptus seed

Wood study field crew

Eucalyptus lumber yard

Eucalyptus lumber yard machinery

Magoebaskloof zipline over the Groot Letaba River in Haenertsburg

Elephant in Kruger National Park

Wildebeest in Kruger National Park

Crocodile in Kruger National Park

Vultures on a fresh kill in Kruger National Park

Zebra in Kruger National Park

Elephants in the Kruger National Park

Hippopotamus in Kruger National Park

Kudu in Kruger National Park

Giraffes in Kruger National Park

More giraffes in Kruger National Park

Warthog in Kruger National Park

Entrance to the Apartheid Museum in Joburg

Joburg skyline

Ghandi Square

Brutalist city council building in Joburg