Jakey Jake

Tuesday 22nd June
JAKE ON SAFARI…. felt like something out of a movie, my weapon was loaded (sony digital camera) and we headed out in the busted up landcruiser to the crater. before we got to the crater we stopped at a Masaii village. The massai are the warriors that you think of when you think of Africa, painted faces, huge ear lobes, long walking sticks etc. The thing is though theyre culture has fallen prey to the curse money, and they were selling all their warez and charging for photos, without really imparting any of their culture. sad really. The crater musnt have been more than 30kms wide, and the wildlife that was in there was in a way trapped by the perimeter of the crater. There were heards upon heards of zebras, and wilderbeast, there were elephants and flamingoes and we were lucky enough to come upon two prides of lions. The first were sitting in tall grass so it was difficult to spot them, so i decided to make some noises to see if that would move them, suddenly one of them lept up and roared like it was about to attack. Needless to say i shit myself, then they all bolted off, it was pretty magnificent to see these animals in full flight, it wouldve been great to see it attack some prey. Then we came across another pride which had 2 lion cubs, and at first they too were sitting in the long grass but after some time they got up and started walking around the car, they were no more than 2 meters from us. It was awesome. The animals really are the main attraction of africa. afterwards we went back to the campsite for a nice dinner and some rest.