with Robin(physio) on a game drive
We stopped here for a break(later, on another trip, we saw lions very close to this spot)
Sometimes we would go to the Maputaland lodge for swimming, beers and chips. On a few occasions Willie, Bella and kids were there and the 'owner's shockable dog'. This dog gets electric shocks for bad behaviour such as attacking guests who arrive at reception instead of the bar. Apparently the batteries are low and the manual control is left at reception. Ma looked lovely with her bright orange top( for sunburn prevention).
Willie and Bella have a very nice lodge in or almost in the world heritage site - wild and close to nature.
The Tembe elephant park is about 20 min from the hospital. The main gate is on the way back from some of the clinics (Mboza, Zama2, etc.)
I sometimes stopped for 15 minutes at the water hole/hide for lunch after a stressful clinic visits in order to find some nature healing. I would do this as a routine for the visiting students-just to de-brief and assess their ability to cope with what they had seen in clinic(this could vary from a genital wart to malnutrition to full blown AIDS/TB. The clinics were tough(sometimes 30 patients per clinic- 2 clinics a day) and most of it related to poverty, HIV and Tb. The animals were relaxing to watch, and balanced life somewhat...
The elephant park arranged a special offer weekend and we attended as a family to get to know the therapists and doctors from Manguzi and other neighbouring hospitals. We had several game drives and meals at the lodge(the bush babies come and peep at the guests during dinner time). The accomodation was tented and with a walk in the night from the main lodge...Tembe from Tembe would later tell me about all the elephants that entered through the lodge gates(they were kept open at night)and how the tourists would scream and cry out for help as the elephants cracked the branches and made angry noices near their tents!)
The Tembe elephant park is about 20 min from the hospital. The main gate is on the way back from some of the clinics (Mboza, Zama2, etc.)
I sometimes stopped for 15 minutes at the water hole/hide for lunch after a stressful clinic visits in order to find some nature healing. I would do this as a routine for the visiting students-just to de-brief and assess their ability to cope with what they had seen in clinic(this could vary from a genital wart to malnutrition to full blown AIDS/TB. The clinics were tough(sometimes 30 patients per clinic- 2 clinics a day) and most of it related to poverty, HIV and Tb. The animals were relaxing to watch, and balanced life somewhat...
The elephant park arranged a special offer weekend and we attended as a family to get to know the therapists and doctors from Manguzi and other neighbouring hospitals. We had several game drives and meals at the lodge(the bush babies come and peep at the guests during dinner time). The accomodation was tented and with a walk in the night from the main lodge...Tembe from Tembe would later tell me about all the elephants that entered through the lodge gates(they were kept open at night)and how the tourists would scream and cry out for help as the elephants cracked the branches and made angry noices near their tents!)
We met Robin, a therapist who was in her community service year. She was very sweet with the kids.
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