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Shock and awe approach to wilderness medicine

Saturday 23rd November 2013 The wilderness medicine module kicked off today. Instructor Andrew is definitely going to deliver this in style and will keep us captivated for the four day duration with his unique approach.

Today could very much be described…

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Situational awareness needs to improve

Tuesday 19th November 2013 This is a great starter course for trails guide. We haven’t actually bumped anything big yet which is a good thing, we’re not quite there yet in terms of our situational awareness. I managed to walk into a nyala in camp when…

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Smiling from ear to ear, this is why I'm in Africa

Monday 11th November 2013 What a great day, I was smiling from ear to ear. Nine and a half hours in the bush and I drove the afternoon session which was five hours.

As you would expect with a tracking course we spent the whole day tracking. The best part…

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Discussing the South African use of the English language

Thursday 31st October 2013 Apologies to Ben for sleeping through the storm last night whilst he was running round shutting flaps and brining in the washing.

Duty team had a nightmare by sleeping in which meant the whole camp was in disarray. They are now…

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We're starting to cry wolf in camp

Tuesday 29th October 2013 Back to birding today with a bush walk first thing and a drive in the afternoon. The result of which was a tally of 89 birds for the week so far.

If I take a snooze during the day I need my headphones in and some music on. If not…

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Cricked neck and a cold front can make you grumpy

Thursday 24th October 2013 The Ecotraining assessment drives continued today with everyone doing well.

I sat out of the afternoon one as I’ve had a cricked neck over the last couple of days and it seems to be getting worse not better.

Fingers crossed I…

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Hyena back in camp

Tuesday 22nd October 2013 Rain again this morning so no drive first thing, instead it was more preparation for our game drive assignments. Ben and I are doing ours on Friday.

I’ve got a good idea of the set things I want to stop at and then it’s a case…

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Another test done, now the next challenge

Monday 21st October 2013 We had the first of the rains today which meant we were woken up with frogs calling, it was a perfect start for our slide and audio test.

So another test done and dusted which means it’s now time to move on and focus on the next…

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