{"id":1353,"date":"2019-05-05T11:44:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T09:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2020-01-17T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T19:43:12","slug":"safari-time-and-diesel-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/?p=1353","title":{"rendered":"Safari time and Diesel engines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><b>Hello, Bonjour and Salibonani from Cawston Wildlife Reserve<\/b>, Northern Matabeleland where I stay for about 2,5 months and help with the horses.&nbsp;During the early afternoon we finally&nbsp;set up of the safari camp for the upcoming safari. It was quite a hectic day, but we managed to build a bush toilet, shower and set up all 3 tents. It\u2019s finally safari time for the next 4 days! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AAD15819-BF6C-4A2F-8A12-D80EF66B8EA0-e1556964048940-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1362\" class=\"wp-image-1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AAD15819-BF6C-4A2F-8A12-D80EF66B8EA0-e1556964048940-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AAD15819-BF6C-4A2F-8A12-D80EF66B8EA0-e1556964048940-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bush toilet is ready to be used<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A698334B-8C4D-40C6-B19D-8F871C14A881-e1556964072917-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1363\" class=\"wp-image-1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A698334B-8C4D-40C6-B19D-8F871C14A881-e1556964072917-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/A698334B-8C4D-40C6-B19D-8F871C14A881-e1556964072917-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Trying to finalize the bush shower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>For the next few days<\/b> I was helping to prepare horses for the bush outrides, getting breakfast ready in the morning and just enjoyed the amazing wildlife encounters during the bush outrides! I have to admit however, that it surely was quite a&nbsp;stressful time with days starting before 5am and finishing after 9pm, which lead to some shortages in sleep that I need to get back soon. But it\u2019s definitely worth it, if you ever want to experience a great horsesafari, come along and join this fantastic place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CB1B16AC-FE99-42D7-810C-DC7FB25C8666-e1556964131888-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1365\" class=\"wp-image-1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CB1B16AC-FE99-42D7-810C-DC7FB25C8666-e1556964131888-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CB1B16AC-FE99-42D7-810C-DC7FB25C8666-e1556964131888-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Wildebeests ahead of us<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7FD2ABB5-A40F-44B7-983C-DF908297DA5C-e1556964164124-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1366\" class=\"wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7FD2ABB5-A40F-44B7-983C-DF908297DA5C-e1556964164124-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7FD2ABB5-A40F-44B7-983C-DF908297DA5C-e1556964164124-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Beautiful scenery during the bush outride <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2164DF6B-4C4F-49A3-9CE7-A586E77D354C-e1556964213217-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1368\" class=\"wp-image-1368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2164DF6B-4C4F-49A3-9CE7-A586E77D354C-e1556964213217-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2164DF6B-4C4F-49A3-9CE7-A586E77D354C-e1556964213217-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Hello giraffe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8B5971D8-9262-4BFB-832F-FE33128B45B6-e1556964237797-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1369\" class=\"wp-image-1369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8B5971D8-9262-4BFB-832F-FE33128B45B6-e1556964237797-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8B5971D8-9262-4BFB-832F-FE33128B45B6-e1556964237797-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Going for a sundowner <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-13 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1965D6DA-AD09-43AD-9683-B801DBA9A713-e1556964190805-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1367\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1965D6DA-AD09-43AD-9683-B801DBA9A713-e1556964190805-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1965D6DA-AD09-43AD-9683-B801DBA9A713-e1556964190805-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Enjoying the beautiful end of the day<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>After the safari days, <\/b>we washed all the saddle blankets and went back to normal working days. Next task that is waiting for us is to repair the fences of the paddock for the horses. This will be a longer mission&#8230; Let\u2018s see if we will be done before end of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-15 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/595CA131-2A91-432D-A225-92E42ED91CE6-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1370\" class=\"wp-image-1370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/595CA131-2A91-432D-A225-92E42ED91CE6-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/595CA131-2A91-432D-A225-92E42ED91CE6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/595CA131-2A91-432D-A225-92E42ED91CE6-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Warthog inspecting the horse paddock <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>I finally could go on a morning drive<\/b> to fix the pumps for the waterholes all over the ranch. I believe I was a great help watching the guys fixing  the pumps and that\u2019s about as far as my help went. It\u2019s really sad to say this as a German but I didn\u2019t even know how the Diesel engine works. The guys did a great job and I might recognize a Diesel engine next time I see it &#8211; think that\u2019s already some good improvement. However, I believe I wasn\u2019t causing too much trouble, so I guess that\u2019s a great achievement from my side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-17 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BDD5AE16-B159-4F0F-95D1-F050A6E52FB1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1371\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BDD5AE16-B159-4F0F-95D1-F050A6E52FB1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BDD5AE16-B159-4F0F-95D1-F050A6E52FB1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BDD5AE16-B159-4F0F-95D1-F050A6E52FB1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Waterhole Mpofo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-19 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EBC57A6B-047E-4C6E-8B37-483607A44903-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1372\" class=\"wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EBC57A6B-047E-4C6E-8B37-483607A44903-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EBC57A6B-047E-4C6E-8B37-483607A44903-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/EBC57A6B-047E-4C6E-8B37-483607A44903-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">My first Diesel engine inspection <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-21 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/25FE32FB-768E-4FCD-B1BC-6AA6F97A1F5C-e1556964294131-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1373\" class=\"wp-image-1373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/25FE32FB-768E-4FCD-B1BC-6AA6F97A1F5C-e1556964294131-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/25FE32FB-768E-4FCD-B1BC-6AA6F97A1F5C-e1556964294131-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Waterhole Ingwe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>During the next day,<\/b><span> I<\/span> went back to what I can do a bit better, riding and looking for the donkeys as we have to deworm some of them. We easily found the donkeys in the bush and directed them homewards, where we did the deworming. Another 2 horses needed to be dewormed as well, so that was the work for the day. After working now for about 4 weeks in a row, without any day off, I believe I might need to take a day off soon and sleep, let\u2019s see if this is going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-23 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5BECDCB3-5B62-4842-8B6E-7483BEF4C749-e1556965320425-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1382\" class=\"wp-image-1382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5BECDCB3-5B62-4842-8B6E-7483BEF4C749-e1556965320425-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5BECDCB3-5B62-4842-8B6E-7483BEF4C749-e1556965320425-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Donkeygirl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My new lessons learned<\/strong>&nbsp;while helping at Cawston Wildlife Reserve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Sleeping time is rare on a safari &#8211; you are definitely a safari staff person if you are fine with only a couple of hours of sleep.<\/li><li>Knowledge about Diesel engines helps to fix the pumps &#8211; otherwise you can at least try to not be in anyone\u2019s way.<\/li><li>Deworming is easier than I thought &#8211; the hardest work is to find the donkeys in the bush!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cheers to wandering the world<\/strong>&nbsp;and the wonders of our lives, hope to see you see you soon again \u2013 bye bye, salut and lisale kuhle \u221e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Bonjour and Salibonani from Cawston Wildlife Reserve, Northern Matabeleland where I stay for about 2,5 months and help with the horses.&nbsp;During the early afternoon we finally&nbsp;set up of the safari camp for the upcoming safari. It was quite a hectic day, but we managed to build a bush toilet, shower and set up all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/?p=1353\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eSafari time and Diesel engines\u201c <\/span>weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[7,20,8,5],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3231,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/3231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wander-world.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}