Africa

This post was written when I was in Africa, I just found it and have uploaded it..


Side note: Its rather frustrating that I can't find an application to update my blog from my iPhone as most of my blogging moments are when I'm not by my laptop, actually I'm quite rarely by my laptop these days.

Anyway, incase you hadn't realised, I'm pretty damn lucky. I'm currently sitting in the back of a Safari converted (lift off roof, snorkel) Nissan Urvan (guess netspeak has made it's way to Africa) crossing the massi mara to get to the hotel where we have lunch, a rest then at 4pm we will do an afternoon Sarari, where I hope, I will get a close up of the animal I am most excited about seeing, the lion! (or if you're Alix, Alex (that does make sense)) I've seen a few lions from a distance but not close enough for any decent photos;

Quick pause to comment that we are all sitting here listening to our separate iPods and Hannah just showed me that she is listening to "Lion King OST - I just can't wait to be king" how apt.

Anyway, this national park is where I expect to see lions fairly close, our guide Issac said they will be within a few meters, I hope so!

On day 1 of the safari, we saw a couple of cheetahs that were stalking some gazelles, but then they walked past them, oddly. Towards some wilderbeast, ah, a bigger pray...! Except, one of the two female cheetahs crouched down whilst the other walked on away from the wilderbeast, clearly setting up to get some lunch. The moving cheetah moved around slowly and casually to a seemingly open space with a few low shrubs. I was watching all this through binoculars, literally heart racing at the excitement of seeing something few get to see, at least I hoped they were about to get some lunch. All of a sudden with lightening speed they both went shooting off so fast that I couldn't focus with the binoculars and grabbed a young gazelle that was hiding in the bushes, poor thing didn't have a chance. How lucky am I? Not just seeing such a sight, not just seeing cheetahs, hippos, elephants, giraffes all up close in their natural habitat. But lucky in that my parents have brought our family here, looked after us, with luxury hotels and astonishingly tasty food. We are lucky children.

P.S - we saw lions!