Well, it has been quite a couple of days in Livingstone. Two days ago, I went on an elephant ride. I got Madunda (the misbehaving elephant). He was pretty funny, never listened to the guide, always eating and taking his own trails. There was two babies, one 2 years old, one 4 weeks old. It was pretty cool.
Yesterday morning, 8 of us headed over to one of the local preschools. Kids were 4-7. It was so much fun. They sang for us (I knew most of the songs, or versions of them), and we played games and then they asked us to sing (little did they know what they were asking for). Anyways, it was fantastic. The kids were so wonderful. I also went on a walking rhino safari. I was a little freaked out as I was just waiting for one of my slithery friends to appear, but there weren't any, so that was good. We got to within 2 m of the two rhinos.
Apparently they really don't care if we are there because they have no predators. Then we kept walking to see other animals, although Aaron (from Oz) and I were kinda over it once we had seen the rhinos. It's funny how common an elephant seems now, let alone giraffes and zebras. I am still working on a picture of the ever elusive warthog though. They are quick little buggers. Then last night a bunch of us went to this African restaurant where they drummed and danced and then they got all of us up dancing. It's funny to see how little beat some people have. My West African dance did come in handy cause I have some idea how to shimmy (well I know how it's supposed to work). Anyways, a lazy day in Livingstone today, then off to Lusaka tomorrow. Oh, trying to keep up on the hockey (Go Sens Go!!!!). Happy Mother's Day Mom, Love you lots! Oh, one other thing. You all will be glad to know, we have had two trips to the hospital and neither of them have been me. One was a burnt hand cause one of the guys fell in the fire and the other was a dislocated ankle and broken tibia from a game of cricket. But I was not involved in either and remain healthy (thank goodness). Talk to you all soon!
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So glad to hear that you are staying out of the hospital and are healthy. Sorry to the other people though. Everything sounds fanatisic. I hope someone gets a picture of you dancing that would be cool. Well, I just wanted to say Hello and wish you well.
Wow - you can African shimmy?! I have no idea what that is supposed to look like but it sounds impressive! I'm really looking forward to all the photos and stories. If you see cute little monkeys, can you please take a picture of them for me? I hope you manage to avoid any close-ups with the dreaded (but very cool) snakes of Africa. I'm glad that you have a fun tour group. Miss you lots and keep having fun!
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