The end is nigh

 This past week has been, yet again, very busy, but on the plus side all the bookish exams have finished as of yesterday morning. All that is left is the practicals and the one final in a few weeks and then it's off to work. This week was SA history and culture along with conservation into and fresh water fish; on top of that was a few mock assessments and some rifle practice getting ready for the ARH (Advanced rifle handling) that we do this coming week. If I get the ARH then I can do walking safaris and take guests or volunteers out on foot, which is a completely different experience from the vehicle. So I am hoping it all goes well, but it is one of the more difficult guiding qualifications with blindfolded exercises, dummy rounds and a mock lion charge (which is pulled towards you at real life speed of 10 meters per second, and you get one shot).

Black Shouldered kite

So it's now basically a month of revising and study until the final but hopefully a little more free time to add in a few hobbies here and there. Still lots to learn but hopefully I'll be able to get through at lease a chapter in a novel or actually have time to sit and watch a movie.

Have a few more pictures to go through since so much time was taken up this week. My team won the birding contest with 136 ID in 4 days.