Safari, and Brickwork, and the Last Night Out

The penultimate blog of this trip is about to be written. It feels very strange to be writing that :$

This week, we have gone on safari again, which was FANTASTIC!!
The 5 hour journey did not feel like 5 hours. We arrived and had an amazing sunset drive, with a truly spectacular African sky over-awing us. We heard hyenas again, for what was probably the last time on this trip, which was awesome, as I think that they are one of my favourite animals I've seen on this trip. Yet so scary :)

The next day, an early rise at 6, and we were off for safari, seeing more zebra, gazelle, elephants, and a HUGE lion!! He stood up (we hadn't realised he was lying down) and then he was absolutely colossal!

We saw a vast herd of buffalo, that was truly awesome. It went from as far as you can see to the right across the plains, and then all the way to the left, and there were just so many of them. It was fantastic. However, a few people had caught an illness, and were not feeling great. We did still stop off at the Masai village where we were treated to more dancing, jumping, and bracelets, but we wanted to look after our friends, and so we left the village, got a cold Coke, and settled down at camp. The next day we were supposed to go on another drive, but as people were so ill, we decided to head straight back to the doctors for them.
   It was great getting back to camp to have some clean clothes, that had been washed before I left, and not smelling of damp, and dirt.
The next 2 days, were spent firing up bricks to be made into 'gikos' or stoves, which took 2 days, and we burnt about 200 bricks, along with finding a large array of insects, such as centipedes that can kill a baby, spiders, and on the Friday, an African Rock Python that was 3 metres long!!!haha!!just wondering past the camp, being curious. We were in awe of it, it is so different seeing a python that can kill you behind glass, its another seeing it wild just outside your room : D

Our last night out, was last night, and we got very merry, and had a fantastic night. We met Sarah who had came to stay with us for 2 nights, and decided to come out with us, and it was fantastic! I ended up falling asleep though, as I got very tired due to alcohol, although this was at 3 o'clock in the morning :D

This is my last week in Africa now. I will write to you about it, next Saturday before the flight home : ) The excitement builds, and builds.....................

Much loveage

Josh