My Pre-Safari Thoughts & Opinions

I was asking Tende about this little excursion we (Tende, Elaine, Sarah[another sister], Billy[Sarah's boyfriend] and yours truly) are going on next Tuesday, the hiking, safari etc. We will be in the game park in a jeep and also walking around with the animals. We will also be camping in the game park. From some of the stories about camping in the game park, I'm a bit nervous but he assured me, the animals do not disturb us.

1. Apparently hyenas eat anything they can, trying to get food. He told me he woke up to a loud clunking noise an the next morning the gas cylinder of the cooker was about 70 metres from the camp. There was also another story about a hyena trying to rip off the grid at the front of the jeep to get a bottle of water that was quickly stored behind it.


2. He has woken up to elephant footprints between the ropes of the tent. The elephants pass through the camp but don't make a sound and treat the tents just like any other obstacle and don't stand on the ropes. Hippos have been known to do the same.


3. One of the places they camp at is beside a river full of crocodiles and hippos and one night, they set up camp and a fire. Apparently they were beside a path that hippos take to get back to the lake and one hippo stood watching them for 25 minutes wondering how to get back to the river, until everyone stood up and let him pass.

I would love for just one exceptional story like these but I'm guessing they do not happen very often. So, my pre-safari thoughts about this safari are nerving but exciting at the same time and I've no idea what to expect. Tune in for an update on the 23rd July, same elephant place, same elephant time, same elephant channel. If there is no update by Wednesday, I have been eaten by a lion.
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