Holiday Sisters

Holiday Sisters

Black Mamba Holiday Highlight

I had been planning this family holiday for some time. It was my mother's 83rd birthday and all my siblings (yes, all six of them) joined us. We all headed off to Morokuru in the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. I wanted to find a lodge that could accommodate all eight of us in style and comfort and that could cater for my darling siblings' varied culinary wish lists. So, I chose a new property in the Morokuru family, the Farm House, which has recently been built to a very high five star standard and I can definitely say we were not disappointed.

The location, the surroundings, the staff, vehicles, food, wildlife, even the African singing and all of the extra attention to detail (albeit subtle) for my elderly mother could not be faltered.

Peter, the chef at Morokuru Farm House, really stepped up to the occasion. My sisters do not eat dairy and so he produced fresh breads, muffins, cakes and such a variety of savoury dishes with such ease that we all seemed to put on at least 10kgs in weight.
Mother has two new metal hips and a variety of other ailments and, in order to ensure she was nice and comfortable, the staff provided raised seating, extra cushions for game drives and personal assistance with breakfast. The need to accommodate for mother's wheelchair, not to mention her slower pace never seemed to bother the staff. With everything they did or offered, the response was always: "No problem" or "You are welcome".

Paul, the game driver and his guide, Tom, were always the first to know where to find the game and we saw the big five in abundance, many times. In fact, we saw wild dogs, four-month-old lion cubs, a pride of 17 lions, jekels making a kill, cheetah and, the highlight of my trip, two black mambas' dancing about in the bush in a mating courtship. The longest and fastest venomous snakes in Africa just ignored our jeep and twisted and curled as if to dance a show just for us. It was quite amazing and not suprprisingly my video footage has a nervous shake!

If you are going to celebrate a birthday or make any occasion special, I think doing it African style is a must. My mother's birthday celebrations lasted three days. From the lodge decorated with orange balloons and the staff singing Happy Birthday throughout the day, to personalised messages on the breakfast plate, hand made (dairy free) birthday cakes and all the highlights of elephant back riding and viewing the big five..... the list goes on and on. It really was the most memorable trip and one I will never foI had been planning this family holiday for some time. It was my mother's 83rd birthday and all my siblings (yes, all six of them) joined us. We all headed off to Morokuru in the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. I wanted to find a lodge that could accommodate all eight of us in style and comfort and that could cater for my darling siblings' varied culinary wish lists. So, I chose a new property in the Morokuru family, the Farm House, which has recently been built to a very high five star standard and I can definitely say we were not disappointed.

The location, the surroundings, the staff, vehicles, food, wildlife, even the African singing and all of the extra attention to detail (albeit subtle) for my elderly mother could not be faulted.

Peter, the chef at Morokuru Farm House, really stepped up to the occasion. My sisters do not eat dairy and so he produced special fresh breads, muffins, cakes and such a variety of savoury dishes with such ease despite the challenge they gave him that we all seemed to put on at least 10kgs in weight.
Mother has two new metal hips and a variety of other ailments and, in order to ensure she was nice and comfortable, the staff provided raised seating, extra cushions for game drives and personal assistance with breakfast. The need to accommodate for mother's wheelchair, not to mention her slower pace never seemed to bother the staff. With everything they did or offered, the response was always: "No problem" or "You are welcome".

Paul, the game driver, and his guide Tom, were always the first to know where to find the game and we saw the big five in abundance, many times. In fact, we saw wild dogs, four-month-old lion cubs, a pride of 17 lions, jekels making a kill, cheetah and, the highlight of my trip, two black mambas dancing about in the bush in a mating courtship. The longest and fastest venomous snakes in Africa just ignored our jeep and twisted and curled as if to dance a show just for us. It was quite amazing and not surprisingly my video footage has a nervous shake!

If you are going to celebrate a birthday or make any occasion special, I think doing it African style is a must. My mother's birthday celebrations lasted three days. From the lodge decorated with orange balloons and the staff singing Happy Birthday throughout the day, to personalised messages on the breakfast plate, hand made (dairy free) birthday cakes and all the highlights of elephant back riding and viewing the big five..... the list goes on and on. It really was the most memorable trip and one I will never forget.
 

 

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Muslims Brothers & Sisters, do you know, weekly holiday is not an Islamic concept, as we don't believe ......

That Allah Almighty took rest on seventh day.
We believe Allah Almighty is free of such requirements of rest or sleep.
We are obliged to have break during Friday prayer and sermon.

Your comments please.

I know there would be some irrelavent/rude answers too.
Unlike Christianity, that the God made this universe in six days and on seventh day He took rest.
The Cynic,
I don't mean over here we should not take leave on week end but I want to point out the quality of allah Almighty of being flawless and independent of such requirements.
Ex-Muslim
we are not your brothers atleast.
I believe every Non-Muslim and Non-Believer is an Ex-Muslim as all children born as Muslim.

Salaam, brother. I understand what you are saying. And thank you for clearing that up. I read that somewhere and was not sure if it was only for Christianity or islam too. I didn't think so because why would God need rest? Allah described in the Quran does not need anything and is most powerful. At first I thought you meant that we shouldn't take a break on the weekend since Allah did not take one. You scared me there for a sec-- I really need a break on the weekend!

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