Safari by sea
Again it was a 5:30 wake up call. I got up and let our pets out (snake & bat). We then went down to the river and boarded two small boats to go up river toward the falls. These boats sat about 10 people each and they were smaller than the hippos that were wading just a few feet away. I thought of the movie Jaws when he said “I think we are going to need a bigger boat”. We motored up the river and saw amazing hippos and saw the largest crockodile of the Nile. We defiantly need a bigger boat. The giant crock was basking in the son on the bank and was at least 100 feet long (it probably was really only 16 feet but seemed like 100 feet long) and it then jumped into and under the water. Hmmmm where is he? I shouted “let’s go” and we motored away quickly as this is no Jungle Cruise at Disney world.
Just before the falls we also encountered a dead hippo that had just come over the falls. It looked like a giant blow up hippo. As we approached the falls the river became very fast and the currents swirled around our little boat and it was then I noticed that we had no life preservers. I’m sure it’s because if you fell into the river something would eat you anyway. The falls were really beautiful and made Niagara Falls seemed tame. Then it was back down river and get on the bus to go see the falls from the top.
At the top we saw the falls up close. This is very dangerous and the sight was amazing. This was the most violent water I have ever seen. The river narrows to a very small opening and crashes against the rock walls to the river below. It was here that it was the hottest it had been on the whole trip. It was hot and very humid. We got back into the bus for our very long bumpy trip home. It was over 6 hours on the worst road I have ever traveled. It also is the most dangerous road I have ever traveled. The dirt roads are narrow and pot holed and trucks with unsecure and heavy loads race by narrowly missing us. Well this is the last bus ride until tomorrow when we go to the airport.
Six long hours later we arrived safe at home. We ate dinner and met as a group for the last time and talked about our time here. We were all very tired and went to bed. I was lonely without my snake and bat though.
Again it was a 5:30 wake up call. I got up and let our pets out (snake & bat). We then went down to the river and boarded two small boats to go up river toward the falls. These boats sat about 10 people each and they were smaller than the hippos that were wading just a few feet away. I thought of the movie Jaws when he said “I think we are going to need a bigger boat”. We motored up the river and saw amazing hippos and saw the largest crockodile of the Nile. We defiantly need a bigger boat. The giant crock was basking in the son on the bank and was at least 100 feet long (it probably was really only 16 feet but seemed like 100 feet long) and it then jumped into and under the water. Hmmmm where is he? I shouted “let’s go” and we motored away quickly as this is no Jungle Cruise at Disney world.
Just before the falls we also encountered a dead hippo that had just come over the falls. It looked like a giant blow up hippo. As we approached the falls the river became very fast and the currents swirled around our little boat and it was then I noticed that we had no life preservers. I’m sure it’s because if you fell into the river something would eat you anyway. The falls were really beautiful and made Niagara Falls seemed tame. Then it was back down river and get on the bus to go see the falls from the top.
At the top we saw the falls up close. This is very dangerous and the sight was amazing. This was the most violent water I have ever seen. The river narrows to a very small opening and crashes against the rock walls to the river below. It was here that it was the hottest it had been on the whole trip. It was hot and very humid. We got back into the bus for our very long bumpy trip home. It was over 6 hours on the worst road I have ever traveled. It also is the most dangerous road I have ever traveled. The dirt roads are narrow and pot holed and trucks with unsecure and heavy loads race by narrowly missing us. Well this is the last bus ride until tomorrow when we go to the airport.
Six long hours later we arrived safe at home. We ate dinner and met as a group for the last time and talked about our time here. We were all very tired and went to bed. I was lonely without my snake and bat though.
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