Jorneys, Lions and soweto

Well the tring to catch up thing doesnt seem to be wroking by writing daily updates so i am just going to try and write as much as i can in this update and take it from there. highlights in this post include Soweto, Zimbabwe and being savaged by a lion.

last time i posted i belive i was just about to get on a marthon bus jorney fropm lilongwe all the way to johanesburg, which i managed even the the 27 hour bus ride took me through 4 countries, and i didn't have a visa for mozembique, (somthing that you need especially so close to there election time) but i managed to bluff my way accross that border and then on to Zim Where i got riped off at the crossing $50 usd for a transit visa to go through a country by night and not even step foot on the ground. any way we finally arrive in Joburg at which point a travelling preacher decided that it was now time to say a prayer for a safe jouney.

Jo'Burg was cool though whilst i was there on my own i managed to take in a tour of Soweto, and the hector peterson memorial (First Casuallty of the Schools Boycot aged 13 yrs) my guide has lived in soweto all his life and after a while i found out that on the same day hector had died he was one block away, his age ? 13! it was really quite moving, as was the apartide meuseum. latter on though i decided to go for a little more light harted entertainment and go for a visit to the lion park (And Reasearch center) got really close to some real lions and then after the tour they have some lion cubs in an enclosure where you can go and stroke them, so we did really cool, (althought i have to say the Warthog was a lot friendlier) at one point i was standing up when i noticed one of the cubs staring up at me with a cheakey grin then take a run up and leap at my shoulder taking a bite at me, my imeadiate reaction was to punch the little bugger off my shoulder, no harm done though to either the lion or myself.

Re stocked bought myself a new camera and jop bought some new camping gear then both jo and Mirium fell ill with mistery food poisoning and so we got leayed up a few days whilst they recovered.

shall up date you some more shortley and appologies for the spelling.