Today is SAFARI DAY. Which also means wake up at 5ish am. OMGoodness!!! We
did great today we actually got up and were out of our rooms only ten minutes
late this time. And with 3 Matatus
instead of squeezing into two made it a pleasurable two hour ride, though
trucker traffic and smog, to our safari.
We stopped at the entrance to use the restroom and as we got out we were
warned to look out for the black fisted monkeys, only in Kenya. For those who
never used a “Kenya toilet” also known as Long Drop.. (it is what it sounds
like) it was a experience filled with shrieks, terror and not enough toilet
paper.
The drive throughout the park can be described as:
ZEBRA!, pictures and wait and wait… drive 5 minutes,
RHINO!.. and repeat.
Of course this means we were acting like full on Mzungus
with our fancy cameras, and pointing and child like infatuation with the Lion
King scenery. A few close calls
did occur with the baboons, Van two with Maggie Stella, Lisa, Charelle,
Jennifer and Brent bravely faced a baboon that tried to get to a lollipop that
Maggie was holding.
Attack number 2 was during lunch, the group (except for me,
Mesha) decided that lunch outside in the wilderness was a perfect plan, even
though there were a few giant baboons stalking them with eyes filled with evil
intent. It finally came to a head
when a huge baboon ran full force toward poor Pam T’s sandwich, grabbed it while
Michael elbowed it before he ran though the picnic party and up the hill.
P.S. I did laugh.. a lot… understatement…seriously a lot
We continued the drive with a few catnaps and book reading
while looking for the forever elusive Lion or leopard or any big cat. Unfortunately that dream fell from the
sky and shattered into a million pieces. Sad but okay and with 15 women we HAD to stop at the gift
shop (tourist trap) to shop (haggle) with the lovely workers. And if you ever have to haggle do it
with Meghan, she is a force to be reckoned with. Some how we got everyone back into the Matatus and headed
back to the N.V. for dinner, devotions and prayer. We are currently in our
debriefing meeting where Ginny is trying to gain control of us, so gotta go.
~ Mesha
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