We had electricity all night long so our cameras and all of
our other electronics are charged and ready to go. Plus, the most pleasant aspect is that the fan
ran all night (until we turned it off between 2-3:00 am). The fan also acted as white noise so we did
not hear all the night time noises. However, when I was up in the night to use
the toilet, I saw a mother hippo and her baby out in front of our chalet. The wake-up call came at 5:00am (way too
early for Rachel) which gave us sufficient time to get ready for the game drive
with breakfast and hot tea/coffee. Before we left on the drive we were able to
find the couple who are riding bicycle to South Africa, to say good-by to them.
At parks like this you find all types of peoples. Visiting with them has been extremely
interesting. Many of them work for NGO’s here in Africa, teach at schools here
in Africa, or are on business here in Africa.
One gal we visited with on Sunday graduated from Luther College in Decorah
(many years ago), she now works for a government agency in Zambia. But one of
the most interesting was a couple (she is American, he is Canadian), who live
in Paris. They began riding bicycles in
Paris and hope to be in Cape Town South Africa within 3 years!! They carry everything with them on the
bikes! They had extremely interesting
stories, (two of which include gun fire between waring tribes in Sudan and
again in Kenya) and now they have the story of the elephant pushing through the
screen on their window and pulling one of his bike bags.
There were three of us in the vehicle for the morning game
drive. The South Luangwa National Park
is a large area, but because it is so so dry, the animals are all near the
river. The game drives take us to the same areas and hopefully different
animals will be seen on the way. The buffalo
carcass was still being worked on by the Hyenas and vultures. It is starting to develop a strong smell – as
you can imagine in this heat! Our
Leopard has gone to another location so we did not see him this morning. We
found the two prides of lions, both resting.
We wonder if the second pride had not had a good meal of a warthog
during the night – they seemed extremely content.
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| Leopard Relaxing after Dining on an Impala |
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| Night View |
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| Leopard in a Tree |
The electricity remains on so taking a nap today was
reasonable. A wet towel draped over your
shoulders or on your legs feels so good.
I dampen a small microfiber towel to put on numerous places to help cool
me - around my neck, on my wrists, place at the back of my knees, and the
inside of my elbows.
This afternoon a group of 15 school kids (ages 13-16)
arrived from a school in the Capital City of Lusaka. The pool was full of noisy kids! We left on the evening game drive again at
3:30. We found larger herds of buffalo and elephants tonight, saw a beautiful
sunset by the river while having “sundowners”.
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