N. Chrystine’s travelogue

Rhino Wrangled

Rhino Wrangled

Mick Reilly and the Mkhaya rangers move a white rhino to the trai;er and eventual relacation to South Africa.

Tug of War

Tug of War

Two rangers try to coax a 400 pund rhino into a trailer.

Earless Eland

Earless Eland

The morning after being doctored and loosing her calf, the earless eland in the Mkhaya boma.

Final Transport

Final Transport

Eland is prepared for a bumpy ride to the corralls at the main house of the Mkhay Game Reserve

Doctoring an Eland

Doctoring an Eland

Mick Reilly, head of Mkhaya, doctors a female eland.

Watching

Watching

Carrie Reilly, her youngest daughter Josie, and Richard watch the eland doctoring from the Land Rover on the Mkhaya Game Resrve in Swaziland, Africa.

Pair of Giraffes

Pair of Giraffes

Since I was little I have loved giraffes. Nothing compares to seeing them in the wild, no offense to zoos intended. This pair are part of the resident herd at the Mkhaya Game Reserve in Swaziland. I saw them almost every day as we walked to work. My kind of rush hour traffic.

Umbrella thorn in the low veld

Umbrella thorn in the low veld

My favorote tree on the planet. I'd walk past it everyday after work.

Wetlands

Wetlands

Excellent place for birding and spotting the occasional croc.

My home on the Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland

My home on the Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland

Where I parked it every night after doctoring sick elands, haying for hippos and wrangling rhinos.

N. Chrystine Olson

N. Chrystine Olson has been a member since 5 February 2008 and goes by chrysser.

Currently in Idaho kissing the Canadian Border.

Subscriber since May 2008!

I am an endangered species: in my mid-forties, never married, no kids, circumstances making for an eclectic footprint on the planet thus far. It as been an interesting ride. I'm beginning to think I have the mystical “novelty seeking” gene implanted somewhere in my DNA.Typcal tourism has never been for me. In my wanderings I've helped track endangered kangaroos, rebuilt sailboats and wrangled rhinos. Sitting still for awhile in northern Idaho, trying to write it all down

You can also find N. Chrystine at www.wranglingrhinos.com.