We left at 5 am in this little old suzuki with a driver who speaks no English. Every so often he would smack my arm to get my attention if there were animals to see. Even before we entered the park, we saw elephants and impalas crossing the road infront of us. The most beautiful creatures in the park were the giraffes, or "twega" in Swahili. I was surprised to see so many of them and they would often give us this bored stare. We stopped by at this hippo pool where the crocodiles also live. Our safari guide let us walk around this hippo pool which was cool but at the same time it was kind of scary!I was imagining one of these crocodiles jumping out of the water and eating one of us, not to mention that hippos are known to be one of the most dangerous and violent animals! Good thing they didn't pick a fight with us; instead, they were fighting with each other. I have an obsession with monkeys so when we saw some black-faced vervets and baboons, I went crazy! I'm hoping to go to the Jorzani Forest in Zanzibar to see the red-colobous monkeys. We saw one lion and his lioness lounging in the grass. There were a group of zebras close by so I was hoping the lion would get up and we'd get to see a full on attack. According to our guide, apparently this lion was on his "honeymoon" with his lady lion so he was tired and was going to make a move on these zebras. Tally thinks I should be a large animal doctor instead of a human doctor. After seeing these beautiful animals, it could be a possibility!
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