As we wake up, Trish bumps her head on the headboard. Again. She bumped it there before going to bed too. And she did it in Tydon. And in Shindzela. How does one hurt themselves in bed so much? Only…
Africa Day 22: The Lobo Flies of the Apocalypse and Trish’s Condition Worsens.
The guys at the ‘Kuro’ campsite in the Serengeti make us some hot showers by boiling water on a wood fire and lifting 10 gallon jugs onto the ‘shower’ tube system behind our tents. It’s a trickle of lukewarm water,…
Africa Day 21: Murder mystery in the Serengeti and the Creekmore ‘Big Five’
Lily has compressed herself in a shivering clump about the size of a basketball. Outside our tent are honks and screams and cackles and roars in the blackness of night. Hoofs are trampling by but something else is going on…
Africa Day 20: Stupid songs, stupid people and the best safari ever.
The camp is lively at dawn but it’s freaking cold. I can hear multiple languages from different tents. On the backs of the jeeps are the tour company names that I didn’t choose – Bob’s tours, Roy’s tours, Duma’s tours, and others…
Africa Day 19: Screaming and breaking the rules, and a drugged Trish encounters elephant ass.
One wakes up with the same expectations every day on adventure travel – that it will go according to plan, and you’ll see some great shit. Some of the time, you are very wrong. I awake rested. Zanzibar is great,…