OK, this princess had enough roughing it, and is taking a safari break. The tented camps will have heat-yipee!!!!! (at least I can defrost for 2 nights)
I was excited to learn that it was just me and one other guy, til I met him. UGH! I got stuck with a rude, overbearing, loud German. His accent is so guttural that it conjures up images of his relatives glorying in their ability to click their shiny boot heals together while saluting! What kind of person goes on a safari if they don't like to watch animals?! We finally saw two elephants by a water hole, and 2 mins into it he says "ok, let's go", as if he's the only one who matters! When the driver, thankfully, did not listen to him, he finally decided to get up to look at them, which meant, literally, pushing me out of his way! UGH! I hope he doesn't ruin the day tomorrow.
Today we saw 2 elephants, MANY zebras (by the way, here they are pronounced like debra, but with a Z, not with a long E), 2 giraffes, and many springbok (they get their name bec they jump-Srpung in Afrikaans- to distract their predators). We also saw 2 amazing, huge bird nests that are made by hundreds of tiny birds called Social Weavers. Quite an amazing feat! Tomorrow we have a whole day game drive in the park, and the following day it's back to Nankuse (the farm where I'm staying). Looking forward to the heat tonight!
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