Rain, rain go away

I was at the pre-school today, doing some hard labour for the playground, and afterwards went in to play with the kids. They sang the classic "Rain rain go away", which struck me as pretty funny considering that this country is in a drought. Yes, little Johnny might want to play, but your dam is less than half full...
I was lucky enough to be invited away for the weekend with some friends at the hospital, so we went to Tau (lion) lodge in Madikwe, a reserve in the north of South Africa. It was really good, and I am trying to upload photos even now, but if it doesn't work then I'll try from another computer later in the week. It was a very different Africa that I saw in that 5 star lodge (one night was more than a month's budget...), and one that I think most of us want to see when we come over on holiday. But, it is a very different place to what most Africans live with. For example, I think half of these guys have never seen a lion, yet we have it on our 'must see' list. Don't get me wrong, I loved my time there, not having to worry about food (fridge still broken), getting shown everything in great comfort, but I am also enjoying my time in the real world, with friends and a routine.
Oh, we saw two of the Big 5, a lioness and elephants. We even got to eat ostrich on Saturday, which I would highly recommend - a very lean meat, more like beef than chicken.
Next weekend I should be going up to Chobe, a destination I've really been looking forwards to. I thought I had a travel plan, but all of a sudden (i.e. this morning), the guys I was planning on going with have said that their organisation has arranged something similar for them, but that I am still welcome to come along. I'll go for sure, I just don't know exactly when, where or how much it will be. Ah well, everything will work out in the end!
And it is now just a fortnight until I go to Cape Town, so I'm getting very excited!
For photos, try http://picasaweb.google.com/mattman.d/UntitledAlbum