Africa

So here is some info about Africa!

we have had a good time in Zambia where we started. we laid around the hostel and read. There were monkeys around the hostel. It was pretty cool at first but then they started to get a little annoying!! They stoled becker's boxers one morning! he had them hanging outside the tent and when we came back they were gone! But we did get them back. Apparently the monkey realized that it wasn't something that it could eat, so it brought them back near our tent and dropped them off!!

we went and saw Victoria Falls. Its really pretty. We'll have to get the pictures online some time but probably not until we get to our apartment in Thailand. Unless there is cheap internet on the island in Thailand.

we also went gorge swinging and it was crazy!! It was terrifying but fun! We have a video of Becker and me going. I'll get it online whenever I can. Probably about a month!! We also did the abseiling and flying fox. You can check out all ths stuff here: http://www.thezambeziswing.com/gorgeswing.htm

The next six days consisted of our safari. It was a very interesting experience. The first couple of days we pretty much just drove to our campsites and hung out the rest of the day, which was relaxing. At the first campsite we went on a river cruise in the evening where we first started seeing animals. We saw Kudu, hippos, a crocodile, and at one point we watched over 20 elephants come running down to the water to drink, that was really exciting. The second campsite we stayed at was called Elephant Sands, where the elephants were litterly all around the campsite, which was amazing. There was a watering hole just past the pool and bar/patio area where there were several elephants just hanging out and drinking. The next day we woke up early and had a really long drive to a campground on another river and set up camp, ate, and then had some drinks with our new friends. The next day we had another long drive to the most amazing campsite we stayed at on our trip. We got there, set up our tents then jumped into safari vehicles for a night drive. The night drive was amazing, in the first couple minutes we were within feet of two female lions, very exciting! Throughout the drive we saw buffalo, wildebeast, a giant elephant, and a couple rhinos. The next morning we woke up really early again and headed to Kruger National Park in safari vehicles. Right away we started seeing all sorts of animals. Throughout the day we saw Impala, Kudu, Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, Buffalo, Wildebeasts, Warthogs, and several other species of animals. Our guides were very dissapointed they couldn't find us Lions or Leapords, but we were still happy. That night the campground had some children from a local tribe come and do a traditional dance for us, which was really fun, and then had a phenominal meal after. The last day was another long drive to Jo-burg. It was really nice to sleep in a bed again!

While in Jo'burg we went on a tour through Soweto (South Western Township) which is where Nelson Mandela lived, and is kinda the slum of Jo-burg. It was very interesting. Now we're gonna rest for a while, the lack of sleep is catching up with us!

Tomorrow we leave for Thailand. we're both very excited to get to the island and start scuba diving!!

Sorry to everyone for not emailing too much :( I love receiving your emails, but the internet is really slow and cost money :( So I usually can only email a few people back at a time :( Will have better email upon arriving at my apartment in Thailand towards the end of April.

Hope all is well!

Love,
Sarah and Becker