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I thought bourbon was something you used to clean paintbrushes?

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No, that would be Gin. Big Grin


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The worst thing that happens on safari is having to come home. Everything else is just part of being there.
 
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the HANGOVERS after celebrating Shooting a lion on the first day in Zim, A 41 in old dagga boy on the second day and a 90 pounder on the third day. Mr Mark Butcher can make you drink as a fish.......


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I got a horrendous case of the shits in Zim in 2010. Laid up for a day with the shakes and cold sweats, with the shivering only interrupted by uncontrolled pooping. Only lasted 1 day but I still had the poops for 2 days after that. Left some pretty greasy "spoor" behind some jesse. Apologies to anyone that came along after me.


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Mr Mark Butcher can make you drink as a fish.......


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Trying to get homw from a safari that ended 9-12-01, I got home on the 17th. Guns made it about a month later.

Then when the Cessna would not start on the flight back to Harare. They kept on trying to start it by turning the prop. I was hoping it would not start as who knew what was wrong with the plane.

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My worst would be running out of gas while sitting in a plane up in the air! Big Grin


I remember that, you guys nearly killed my brother! Mad


I still wonder why Jonny took the cruiser back to Harare and me and Lauri took the plane back Big Grin
 
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1st safari in 2008 only thing that went wrong is my wallet ran out of money before my rifle ran out of ammo.....leaving in 16 days for my 2nd trip to South Africa ...hope this trip goes as well!!!!!


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Came home sick from SA in 2005. Upon return discovered it was tick bite fever. OK after ten days of antibiotics.
 
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In 2004 I had to drink warm beer for a night. Can you believe that?

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The very WORST thing about a safari is that it has not happened yet. All else is just incidental stuff Wink
 
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I thought bourbon was something you used to clean paintbrushes?

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No, that would be Gin. Big Grin


Gin and Scotch are what the Almighty drinks. I use bourbon for hog bait.
 
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ran out of scotch in the Selous about 10 years ago. even called another camp for more with no luck. "forced" to drink vodka for 2 days. times were tough!!!


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ran out of scotch in the Selous about 10 years ago. even called another camp for more with no luck. "forced" to drink vodka for 2 days. times were tough!!!


I know a guy that paid for a charter to bring him a case in Zambia. Imagine what that Scotch cost per bottle. Eeker


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Leaving my wife in camp for six days.... one day out we left at 4.30am and returned at 10.30pm... that took some explaining!!


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On one safari I had seven stitches put in my lower lip due to an unfortunate run-in with a camel thorn tree while riding in the back of the truck one evening. On another, I picked up an intestinal bug that harrassed the hell out of me, every few months, for nearly a year before I finally got some meds from the doc to kill it and every other living thing that was crawling around inside of me. Big Grin
 
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Airfrance deferred my ammo for two days. Then, after 21 hours of driving over logging roads I arrived in Bongo camp to find that the Pygmies had eaten all of the hunting dogs. I personally had to buy eight dogs from local villages which we found out where worthless when my PH got run over by a Bongo and broke two ribs.
 
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Getting the stomach flu the night before flying out. I was surprises that they let me board the plane.


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Having the outfitter and ph talk only in Afrikaans every night and ignore the two of us who were hunting...that and the camp cook being someone they'd picked up off the street in Windhoek. Oh, and no beer.


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This may not be the right place but here goes. I am going to SA for my first and only time(low retired income) in 2013 and was wondering if you can take a bottle or two of booze with you on the plane? I do not drink very much but a nice Myers Rum and coke or a Black Russian after dinner might be nice an night or two.
 
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Not having good booze could be a pretty bad experience on safari. Big Grin

Most probably, if you ask, your host will make sure to have the libation of your choice for sundowner enjoyment. If not, there is a duty free in the baggage recovery area of JNB. (I say that, but I don't know if they have Myers?)

If you have a flight within South Africa, I doubt that you can get through security with a bottle so the first option is the way to go.

As to having one lifetime safari.... a suggestion. Budget only one or two animals for traditional taxidermy and save some bucks for your following trips. European half-head mounts are great and much cheaper. I think you'll find you can save more than enough for tickets and daily rate for number two that way.... and then just drive your pick up another couple of years longer before you get another. Mine old Chevy is a 1999, if you get my drift!


JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.
 
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Was on my first DG safari and got assigned a PH who was sick with the flu and a horrible attitude, bottled water was contaminated with diesel fuel, ants in my room chewing on me and NO SHOT OPPORTUNITIES over 14 days since aforementioned PH disclosed on day 12 that he had been pounded by a wounded buff and nearly died a year earlier. And those are just the highlights!!


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During one of my treks through Africa, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.
 
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