Safari 1, Sept 25th, 2011

Well, time has passed so quickly (for me anyway) and I am now counting the days untill i get back home on tomorrow a week. It has been hard work at times but no doubt a enriching experience that I shall treasure. I shall finish over here with another posting in 2-3 days that should include a farewell party that usually put up by the vietnamese vets and has a tendnecy to be fairly wild...
Anyway, today we had a Safari drive of about 70 kilometres through native bush, to the west ofwhere we are and we did get pretty close to the border with Laos. I was good to see a little wild life, birds and lots of butterflies. No doubt a godd adventure which I really enjoyed since I had only left the viccinity of the farm  once so it was nice to go and see a little further afield.

The safari was organized by our Israelis friends, a good and fun bunch to muck around with..

The area we went through is the area the north vietnamese army marched through for 3 months on their under-the-bush-under-cover march to meet their foes down south during the Vietnam war...

Ai minha gente, umas fotos do meu ultimo passeio, feito hoje, e pela floresta "virgen", a oeste de onde trabalho e em direcao adivisa com o pais de Laos. Foi um passeio muito legal, organizado pelos amigos Israelenses, uma mocada legal e divertida.

A baby snake of unintentified venomous status

Bonitinha

To the left is Dagan, born in Israel from Argentinian parents. Speaks Spanish and likes the tease me about soccer. On the right is Omer, his girlfriend going back to Israel to take a break from Dagan. they msy one day came to NZ.

Alon, one of the fasrm managers getting ready for Safari battle. Check out his helmet

Getting ready. A vietnamese friend, Long, Alon, Segev at the centre and on the right is Michael another Israelithat could pass as a cousin.

Karen, a Yemen-Israeli lady, onher first out-of -the-farm ride

Martha the new vet and Alon

Fuel time

Check out the next few safari blogs for more photos...