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Originally posted by fairgame:

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Originally posted by Molepolole:
Regarding who the painter is:

Hmmmm.....let me see - loose style, bold and colorful - I'm guessing.......Andrew Baldry (Fairgame)!

You know, the last time I guessed the right answer on one of these AR quizzes (the one about the difference between Indian leopard photos and African leopard photos) I didn't get a prize. I'll bet I don't get a prize this time either.

Man, you guys are cheap!!!

Anyway, if I'm right, VERY nice painting Fairgame, and this is coming from someone who paints.

Thanks and Steve is using it as an illustration for his book.

You win a free full bag safari in my private concession but it excludes trophy fees and daily rates.

Hell, still not a bad deal with the charters, gov't fees and licenses being included!

Fairgame,
PM with introduction sent....

Quote by Greg Brownlee: "Hell, still not a bad deal with the charters, gov't fees and licenses being included!"

I was thinking the very same thing, plus I could probably drink a couple hundred bucks worth of booze while I'm there, too!

Don't worry, Andrew, Zambia is still WAY out of my price range for right now.

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Originally posted by Molepolole:
Quote by Greg Brownlee: "Hell, still not a bad deal with the charters, gov't fees and licenses being included!"

I was thinking the very same thing, plus I could probably drink a couple hundred bucks worth of booze while I'm there, too!

Don't worry, Andrew, Zambia is still WAY out of my price range for right now.

Molepolole,

You should have taken up my offer of a free hunt with me into the unexplored hinterlands of the Kafue Flats?

Will do a report when I return at the end of the month and if all goes well then maybe we can get a AR group together for next year?

Drink as much beer as you want after all you will be carrying it.

Cheers

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Well written and a sod of a lion. I've hunted with Terry Van Rooyen in the same camp while Alistar guided my friend. They are consumate professionals but Alistar is a bit more, shall we say, mischieveous!

BTW, couldn't help but notice the names and words in your story... Nyanga, Chipolopolo and the two separate names John and Frederick spelled exactly the same as our own John Frederick who posts here. Anything else you want to confess?

Bwanarm,
Yep TVR, hunted twice with him in Tondwa 2004 and 2008. Alister is a damn card eh? he's always up to no damn good.

To answer your question directly, JF answered two of those. Nyanja is one of the laguages in the valley. Chipolopolo, the signifigance is that it is the title to my book and of course my old handle here in a prior life. Nganga in my new life simply means Witchdoctor.

That like I stated elswhere chipolopolo is a song of celibration sung by the "guys" upon the sucessful hunt for sitatunga, lion and leopard. I've always been emotionally charge by that song. I thought it was a fitting title. It's also the song chanted by the crowd at Lusaka soccer games being played by the Zambian national team. Nothing more seductive than that.

Steve (tire kicker)

Thought I'd help make reading both chapters of Steve's writings a bit easier by bringing this back up to the top..

Good read, Steve.. I hope you get it published.

Reads better the second time around.