As we were leaving our lodge we came across this African Rock Python on the dirt road. It was about 7 ft. in length. We contemplated in the car what to do: Option 1 - drive on by and think nothing about it; Option 2 - Try to kill it by running over it; Option 3 - get out of the car and wrestle the snake and use your knife to cut it's head off and then cook it for dinner. We finally chose Option #2 (you can guess who's idea #3 was!?) ... but after running over the killer snake, he somehow escaped into the woods. Oh, well, we had a good plan anyway!Once we got back home, the boys were watching NatGeo channel and guess what they were catching... African Rock Pythons. It turns out that this snake we saw was a youngster compared to the big daddy of 20 ft. in length. They are actually non-venomous, but very deadly. That's all I have to say about that!
Here's the trophy fish back at camp. We thought we would get them cooked for dinner, but I guess the chef had other plans. It might not have been enough meat on them to feed our family. Nevertheless, Coby & I were proud fisherman/fisherwoman.
This is our OUTDOOR shower. I was a little nervous taking a shower outside, with no door, and with hippos wandering about, but after you took the first step to get in, it was actually quite refreshing. It was cold in the mornings, but the staff heats the water with a fire right outside our chalet. Every morning the guy would come put more firewood into the "oven" to heat our water.
Getting to the lodge we had to cross this "not so stable" bridge. We only looked underneath it AFTER crossing the last time out. It was not a pretty sight. Only trees were used to build this bridge.
We saw many impala, puku (like this one), and duiker. On our night drive we had hoped to see either a leopard or a lion, but they just would not show themselves. Several guides had heard them roaring in this one section, but we were not as lucky. We did, however, see 3 Kudu in the woods both at night and the following morning. They were all females from what we could tell, since none of them had any horns. This was our first time seeing the Kudu.
Here's the trophy fish back at camp. We thought we would get them cooked for dinner, but I guess the chef had other plans. It might not have been enough meat on them to feed our family. Nevertheless, Coby & I were proud fisherman/fisherwoman.
This is our OUTDOOR shower. I was a little nervous taking a shower outside, with no door, and with hippos wandering about, but after you took the first step to get in, it was actually quite refreshing. It was cold in the mornings, but the staff heats the water with a fire right outside our chalet. Every morning the guy would come put more firewood into the "oven" to heat our water.
Getting to the lodge we had to cross this "not so stable" bridge. We only looked underneath it AFTER crossing the last time out. It was not a pretty sight. Only trees were used to build this bridge.
We saw many impala, puku (like this one), and duiker. On our night drive we had hoped to see either a leopard or a lion, but they just would not show themselves. Several guides had heard them roaring in this one section, but we were not as lucky. We did, however, see 3 Kudu in the woods both at night and the following morning. They were all females from what we could tell, since none of them had any horns. This was our first time seeing the Kudu. Another first for us on this trip... while coming down the tar road, while still inside the GMA, we saw this officer waving his hand for us to stop. We stopped and he asked us for a ride to the police post just ahead. The kids squeezed in the back seat and let him in. He was all decked out in his uniform and carrying an AK-47. He says that he was dropped off at that point 6 days ago, and he and his fellow scouts were roaming the GMA looking for poachers. Now it was time for him to check-in to his post. We arrived at the police post and let him out. Then we all had to get out of the car so they could spray our car and clean our hands and feet to protect from Hand & Foot Disease. That was a first, and we had to explain to the kids what Hand & Foot Disease was.
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