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Old 11-03-2009, 03:14 PM   #1
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Welp, almost. Sitting here in MSP waiting on a connecting flight for 9 hrs.

I have just returned from 5 weeks in South Africa. 11 of these days I spend on Safari in the Kruger National Park. I spend many of a day smoking a cigar while I watched animals graze 30 feet away! I saw a hyena kill a baboon next to my car, 4 cheetah hunt (and get to full speed)... best safari of my life! Enjoy my pictures linked below.

BTW, I smoked a ton of NC. I saw no reason to take CC to South Africa, although cigars are about 5-10x more expensive in South Africa for both CC and NC so I am glad I took 40 with me as I refused to pay that much. All the sticks I took were top shelf (opus, davidoff, padron 26/64, Anejo, etc). Every night I waited for the sun to start to set and lit up with either Johnny Blue or Glenmorangie. Great trip, cannot wait to go again.


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Old 11-03-2009, 03:17 PM   #2
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Looks like a great trip!

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Old 11-03-2009, 03:17 PM   #3
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Unbelievable pics Lucian, glad you enjoyed it! It looks incredible.
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Old 11-03-2009, 03:25 PM   #4
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Wow, wonderful pics Lu. Great memories there










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Old 11-03-2009, 05:04 PM   #5
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I like safaris, obviuosly. Glad you had a good time. Welcome back.
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Awesome pics!!!!! Looks like a great time
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My wife says,what are you looking at? I said pictures from a safari that one of the cigar forum guys went on. She says HE TOOK those pictures. Yep! Great pictures I thought I was looking at National Geographic
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:56 PM   #8
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Thanks guys... a 500mm lens does wonders on Safari, so does a 11MP camera and photoshop to crop away the unwanted stuff. My rule of thumb was to take 5-10 pictures and then keep the best one, digital cams make everyone a better photographer!
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Thanks guys... a 500mm lens does wonders on Safari, so does a 11MP camera and photoshop to crop away the unwanted stuff. My rule of thumb was to take 5-10 pictures and then keep the best one, digital cams make everyone a better photographer!


Back in the day when I was doing photography, I would have shoot about 500 rolls of film, and probably not ended up with that many keepers! TGFD!
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Welcome home, Lu, and thanks for the awesome pics!
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I am excruciatingly envious...... Thats what I call livin life !!!!
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Great pics Lu! Glad yer back bro!
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