February 17th and 18th. Well we have had a day an one half of safari and have seen a lot of animals. A highlight yesterday was over 100 elephants in view at one time. Really stunning, and our guide of 17 years said
he had never seen so many in one place in this area. very impressive to say the least. All of us including the children were particularly impressed by the 5th leg of one of the elephants..... Holy crap! That appendage was nearly as big a whole person. We have also seen a lot of poo, in fact, we have come up with over 20 words for excrement, and have concluded that the English language has more words to describe poo (pardon the pun) than any other language we can think of.
CRAP, DROPPINGS, SH_T, CACA, #2, WASTE, DUMP, EXCREMENT, GUANO, POOP, POO, POO-POO, GROWLER, FECES, B.M. (bowel movement), SCAT, TURD, MANURE, TOILET PAINT, DOO DOO, FERTILIZER, RECYCLING, GROUND PASTRY'S (cow pies generalized), ROAD APPLES, STOOL, and probably many more.
In addition to elephants, we have seen a variety of hoofed animals, Hippos, Giraffes, warthogs, lions, cheetahs, various birds, and have over a week of safari left. It is certainly something to be able to see these animals in their natural environment first hand. It is remarkable how they all share the same space. That depends of course on whether or not you are prey or predator!
We traveled today the (19th) to lake Nakaru. The vistas here have been stunning. Our lodging has been very nice everywhere. Excessive really, but we haven't minded. The food has been generally quite good as well. However, as we are captives in lodges that are in national parks, anything extra costs plenty such as $4 beers, and $20-30/hour Internet access, which is so slow that it is impractical for using for blogging. I would put that as the only negative so far given the significant expense of this trip already invested. That aside, the weather has been prefect. Not too hot, and an occasional rain squall that comes through. Our current location is much dryer however, and we don't expect rain here. JK
OK, so "poo" is the equivalent of sand in the Sahara and snow in the Artic. There's alot of ways to describe it. I thought you were going to learn new languages and not expand your English... anyway... great picture! How exciting to see the animals (and all their er...parts) Can't wait to hear more! Say "hello!" to everyone. Remind the children, "Don't pet the animals!"
ReplyDeleteDiane O.