Wild leopard tortoise

[wellington]

Fantastic pics and info. I heard Tom yelling and seen his pearly whites shining through that ear to ear smile when he read your thread and posts, and i live in Chicago I think it's fantastic the knowledge you gave us in the pic and info. Any info you can give us from the leopard area, vegetation, etc, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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BTW, all the pics are beautiful

 

[kytuan]

nice color on your leopard

 

[Tom]

How long ago was that Tom?

My first trip was in '99 to the Jo'berg area for about two weeks. The trip I described was March-June 05'. We had some really hot humid days in March and April, but we had some seriously cold days in June. It is an amazing place. I really enjoyed my time there. Several times, my friends and I were planing to drive from George up to Durban. We just never got the opportunity. They told me that the climate was very different up there. Much warmer and closer to "tropical" conditions. They really made it sound great and I'm sorry I never made it up there. We were working six days a week and sometimes 14-16 hour days, so it was really hard to get away anywhere far. I mostly did a ton of exploring in the wild areas where we were working. Had lots of down time but had to stay close.