DAY 1
Friday June 15 2012
Today we woke up around 6am African time. Around 11pm
American time. It was time to get ready to go on the safari. We got up really
tired and got ready for the national park safari. We went down to have
breakfast the refreshing juice and the passion fruit was delightful. It was the
best I have ever tasted. It was amazing how the African food at this hotel was.
At 8am the car pulled around the hotel and it was time to go there and see all
the animals in the national park. The first thing we saw were the giraffes
there were three of them next to some Impala and 1 Cape Buffalo
They were an ok find but, the most amazing thing we saw
there was the 4 white rhino and 1 small little baby the baby was so cute curled
up against his mothers side. As the rhinos walked in front of our car the 4
were like cars thru dirt with the sand becoming in to dust and the humongous paw
prints that they left behind. After driving around seeing animals such as
Ostrich, Hippo, Crocodile, and various types of birds we decided to go to. The
baby elephants in the orphanage the long trunk and the huge toenails fascinated
me while they played with a ball and chewed on branches. While the orphans were
messing around the instructors told how all the elephants became orphans I just
watched the elephants more until it was over.
After the show I adopted an elephant her name was Sonje. She was one of
the biggest but one of the most hurt. She had a swollen leg so she couldn’t
walk properly.
The last thing we did that day that was really fun was feed giraffe It was really amazing how the giraffes could actually know that we were all in the little tree house like thing were we feed them At first they didn’t even come up to the house. Then the workers told us that they ate the pellets all the time and some times they want to eat greens instead after about 5- 10 minutes the giraffes came over and 1 still only wanted greens so the workers went down to the field and grabbed a bush and brought it back up to the tree house so we could feed him. Then the 2 went back to pellets so at least he would them.
The last thing we did that day that was really fun was feed giraffe It was really amazing how the giraffes could actually know that we were all in the little tree house like thing were we feed them At first they didn’t even come up to the house. Then the workers told us that they ate the pellets all the time and some times they want to eat greens instead after about 5- 10 minutes the giraffes came over and 1 still only wanted greens so the workers went down to the field and grabbed a bush and brought it back up to the tree house so we could feed him. Then the 2 went back to pellets so at least he would them.
That was the first and last day of Kenya.
Nephew. Keep these coming. More pics too please!!!!!! Your writing is like Hemingway's, by the way. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteUncle Z
Jake, your interesting narrative of the adventurous day on safari in Kenya definitely caught my attention. I read with anticipation of what you next saw and did.
ReplyDeleteI hope your whole trip is enjoyable and pray for safe traveling. Love, Aunt Jean
"...God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind.... And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so."
Genesis 1:21,24 KJV
Jake, I'll be sure to use my mosquito net and plenty of insect repellant.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa Hank
Jake,
ReplyDeleteThis is very informative reporting. Thank you for sharing your interesting and exciting experiences.
Love,
Grandma