Alright, I’m packing it in. I’ve peaked. There’s no getting better than this. Given that this is something that could be read by people who have the power to give me a job, I will not recount the exact terminology I used in response to seeing a wild elephant for the first time. But I have faith that you can use your imagination.
We woke up at around 6:15, had breakfast at 7:00, and by 8:30 we were about 20 feet away from a herd of African elephants. I was holding it together pretty well until a baby appeared and made a little baby elephant noise (again, use your imagination), and from that point on I was somewhere between crying and laughing at all times. Genuinely I think I lost it a bit. For the next four hours or so, we kept on driving and every few minutes we’d see a new animal. I was like a kid on Christmas, if Christmas was in a Toyota LandCruiser. There were some species that we saw considerably more of than others. Luckily for the class, I studied Equids in preparation for this trip, so when everyone was like “wow, oh my goodness, what animal is that?!” I cooly said to them “my dearest classmates, that is a Zebra.” They were really lucky to have me, I think. That said, I don’t have the time to describe every single encounter, but I will include a list of the species we saw as well as a number of photos I took (and if you don’t see them, it is because I ran out of time on the WiFi)
Speaking of which, I took some bomb photos today. Once again, I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but actually that’s exactly what I’m doing. The photos went crazy. Particularly, my favorite is of a Zebra with massive gashes on its rump. It was pretty metal. Anyways. Signing off x
