Scott's Journal, March 16-31,  1999
Magi and Dr. Nick

Day 13, Jack's Camp - A few days prior to our arrival, this baby zebra followed a vehicle back to camp. Its mother was presumed dead. Reintroduction to a nearby herd failed repeatedly and the zebra adopted a female staff member as its new mom.

Maji will stay at Jack's Camp until a suitable reserve can be identified. Dr. Nick helped treat the ailing zebra during our stay.

By Day 3 at Jack's Camp, Maji was feeling pretty good and helped himself to yogurt at breakfast.

Here is our tent at Jack's Camp. Here is the skink that lived on our tent at Jack's Camp. He is, perhaps, not as big as he looks - maybe 10" long or so.

skink
night and day

The vehicles in the Kalahari were more suited to protecting us from the hot sun than those in the Delta.

Mouse over the image to the left to see the difference between night and day in the Kalahari.

Ever dig up worms? For this bushman, finding scorpions in the ground is just as easy. After identifying a small scorpion hole, he would use a blade of grass to follow the turns as he dug deeper. After about five times doing this, he pulled out the scorpion.

There weren't any takers to hold him.

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heading home...
photo by Joanne Johnson

Here we are - myself, Jack's photographer, Rick; producer J.R; and site illustrator, Kevin, wishing it wasn't about to end.

That's our trip to Africa. I hope you enjoyed reading about it.

If you happen to run into Jack, please tell him that he should always travel abroad with his internet team!

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