1/15/2012
Today wasn’t a very exciting day. We were in a van from 9-5 driving from Swakopmund to Etosha. It was very very long drive. I read a book (Sarah’s Key) straight through from start to finish- all before lunch time. I then had to con a book off of someone else for the rest of the trip. Thank goodness Alyssa had just finished the book she was reading for this class (we got separated into four groups, each one has a different book. I finished mine the day we landed in Johanessburg). It’s not the most fascinating book ever written, but it kept me entertained.
Our lives picked up once we actually got to Etosha National Park. Suddenly we saw zebras, springbok, baboons, guinea fowl, and giraffes- all before we got to where we are staying! We are staying at Okaukuejo, which is a resort type place that is in the middle of Etosha. It’s fenced in so that the animals won’t join us in the middle of the night. We get to share a little bungalow with one other person. Oh My Goodness, are these nice bungalows! It’s definitely the best accommodations we have had yet. For supper we had the buffet at the restaurant- at which I enjoyed Eland. Delicious! We ended the evening watching the sunset over the watering hole. The watering hole is semi-surrounded by Okaukuejo and has big flood lights that light it up after dark. Alyssa and I are going to try and get up at two in the morning to see what wild life is out.
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