So there once was a group of Muzungus (6 to be precise) who went searching for the wildest animals in Africa. The only stipulation was that they had to be visible at Akagera National Park from 8am - 1 pm on Tuesday. As would be expected, this limited the sightings, but nothing could prevent a few of our intrepid interns from stalking the ferocious...giraffe.
Yes, the giraffe. While we saw a few different kinds of animals, none as up close, and as odd as the giraffe. They are such strange looking creatures. We found a "herd" of six, 4 adults and two kids. Judging from the markings on the giraffes, I think that two newlyweds were coming to the couple with the kids for parenting advice. Trust me on this one. So anyway we took many pictures, and then Joel, Kim, and I moved in closer. Slowly creeping up on them, never letting the camera lense waver, we moved closer and closer, until finally, I broke into the clearing and took this video.
In in addition to giraffe, we saw some zebra (I include this picture for Sarah Beth), many deer-like creatures; snout of the hippo (a delicacy somewhere I'm sure); and a few very shy warthogs that did not want to be photographed (as Team Latvia will attest, the desire of the subject to be photographed has never really entered into my mind when taking pictures, so I snapped one of the warthog anyway). It was quite a fun time, and we returned to the hotel at 3pm, tired (we had arisen at 5am) yet still with an entire afternoon and evening ahead of us. Some great planning on our part.
4 comments:
Caleb: "I love his voice...but why did he say they have thick hides?"
...and you probably should have sung some Lion King songs while you were out there..."When he was a young warthog..."
Jealous...
Just as long as the Warthog doesn't tell you that it's life-long fear is to be photographed, you're okay!
So...I'm pretty much jealous that ya'll got to go on a safari while we are up here slaving away in Slovakia...jk :) I am so excited that ya'll got to do that. What a great time.
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