We've been at Pullen Farm for a few days now in the Barberton Mountains just outside of Kruger National Park. It's so freaking beautiful here!! We arrived from Johannesburg on the 24th at night and stargazed because it was really amazing. Kind of chilly right now, it will definitely be warmer in Skukuza.  On our first morning, Emily and I went for a walk and saw 2 giraffes! We've also seen a multitude of birds, rhebok, and kudu. I haven't seen the wildebeest yet, but people said they saw an entire herd. There is a fence around this property and nothing dangerous can get in, so we have a surprising amount of freedom (meaning that we can go wherever we want without game guards). This is more of the academically intense portion, so we basically have lectures all day every day (our first day off will be this Friday). But we did a mini field project- which was awesome to get an intro to field work. (My group studied the frequency of a specific genus of flowering plant in areas that had recently undergone burn control vs. non recently burnt areas.)  Tonight we went for a our first sundowner after a long day of ethics lectures- it was, of course, beautiful (get used to that word).

Once I'm in Skukuza I'll get some better wildlife photos (and hopefully will have some Internet to post them!) Also, the schedule is modified slightly, but I will try to edit that later.