10 days to go...

Hello there everyone!

With 10 days to go until I commence my journey to The Kingdom of the White Lion I figured this would be a good time to set up my blog! I am a blog virgin so I'm very much looking forward to all the blogging!  

I think it would be an understatement to say what a huge animal lover I am and the excitement that I am feeling is quite difficult to put down in words. It is a privilege and an honor to be joining the staff at the kingdom in the North West Province of South Africa in just over a week. Kevin Richardson and his team have been doing work with Lions, Hyena, Leopards, Jaguars and a variety of other animal species. The conservation work that goes on is vast and it is wonderful to see how the animals, land and people work together. Please do visit the webisite so you can see what I am jabbering on about! www.lionwhisperer.co.za. 

The farm and many animals require maintenance, care and management which is where I hope to fit in along with the other volunteers of whom I shall meet when I get there. I will do whatever I am asked and am prepared for some long, sweaty and dare I say it...filthy days! I am not particularly looking forward to the food prep...but hey, who knows, under the beating sun in a foreign land...and a hungry pack of big kitty's who knows what I am capable of! :)

For now, I am trying to get organised. Luckily I have all my jabs including Yellow Fever which is a biggy when entering Africa and as I will be there for less than 90 days I am covered on the Visa front...its sun cream, appropriate clothing and a new hat for me! The rest I will have to make up as I go along. Please join me on this journey, I shall be updating this blog as much as I can along with updates, photos and stories.I am hoping this trip will be good for my mind, body and soul, but most importantly I am looking to work for something that will help conserve and take care of some of the natural beauties of this world.

Until then fellow bloggers...ROOOOAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!

PS My little lion TrevCat is eager to see some of his bigger family members too!