we shared our bus with an old-ish spanish couple and a british family - who we also shared our humor with. almost right from scratch it was - certainly among other things - hilarious.we were accomodated in little tents and before 'moving in' we were told to beware of warthogs and hippos, as they might linger along the campsite. the warthogs actually came close, which i really liked.
the safari itself was just indescribable. in the morning we had a game drive through the nile delta, in the afternoon the boat ride to the falls followed. |
| the safari rides |
as we saw about a zillion different wild animals, i actually learned a lot about the creatures. first of all did we see 2.5 of the big five - those animals, which are most dangerous to hunt [nowadays it is illegal to hunt anyway]: buffalos, elephants, leopards, rhinos and lions. the reason for the 0.5 is that our guide saw a leopard running away, which kinda counts for our group, i'd say *smile*.
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| murchison falls' wildlife |
second i learned to differentiate between different animal families:
- baboons are no monkeys, they are baboons [well, duh!]; this means they are bigger, not as smart and don't live on trees. apes are even bigger and most intelligent; like chimpanzees, gorillas etc. anyway, they all belong to the primate family.
- in german we use the word 'schwein' not only for the 'swine' family, but also for the subcategories. i.e. it took a while for me to get that warthogs are no pigs are no wild boars.
- bugs and beetles are not the same, either. bugs suck your blood, they have nozzles; beetles on the other hand bite with their tongs.
eva
moni
martin from england
andy from simbabwe
johann from namibia/south africa
fred, the woodcracker[who loves to hang out in my scarf and scare the hell out of me]
sally, the moth[who we would love to hook up with fred]
on our way back home we hiked on top of the murchison falls; the stunning view was the perfect end of the safari and my vacation! i will never forget this experience.
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| the murchison falls |
4 comments:
moni! it was FRED not Bert. FRED FRED! how can u forget this name???? we spent a lot of time with him and now....hopefully FRED wont read your blog!
by the way, great job your blog! u remember very well!!!!
eva
ahhh...and by the way: i met girls in kampala which where as well at murchison...AND GUESS WHAT: they saw lions. 11 LIONS. how is this possible??? no lions for us and one day later 11 lions for others???
eva
oops.. i am sorry, fred! i certainly corrected it.
i thought i was actually good in names, but well..
@the lion thing:
the lions were probably thinking 'these austrian chicks are way too cool for us, let's better hide'..
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