The following is an excerpt from my daily journal entry during a Global Volunteer trip to Tanzania in 2001. After much work at a school in Pommern near Iringa, we had a weekend of recreation at Ruaha, a local wildlife park. Many connotations will not relate to your reading.
I woke up to the zillion sounds of the wild animals in Ruaha. Indulged in my second hot shower in twelve hours.
After breakfast, we loaded ourselves into a nine seated, wazungu land rover with guide and driver and headed off for our all-day bush drive in Ruaha National Park. The guide was very impressed with his knowledge of every aspect of the environment from the smallest bird, virtually every flower and of course big and small game. Bernice was a good student and noted the following animals with Swahili subtitles: Crocodile, Roan antelope, Impala, Lesser Kerdu, Hippopotamus (Kiboko), Baboon, Elephant (Tembo), Cape Buffalo, Warthog (engile), Giraffe (twiga), Blook Face Monkey, Nile Monitor Lizard (Kenge), Lion (Simba), Waterbuck (Kuro), Eland (Pofu), Marsh Turtle, Leopard, Rock Hylax and Zebra.
Just for the record, a few birds went mentioned too: hornbill, Loller, Saltar Groshawk, Tawny Eagle, White-headed vulture, Doves, Starting, Hammerhead, Weavermests, Eastern Chanting, Groshawk, Grey Headed Kingfisher and Sungors.
I won’t mention all of the vegetation except for Machelle’s Sausage Tree.
There were many highlights. The leopard was a rarity. The interaction of the elephants was special. The size of the lion in the distance was never apparent until one lion crossed the road right in front of us.
Peg managed to hold nature’s calling until we returned home. Nature called Machelle when a rogue elephant crossed the river to eat some veggies at the front of her banda. The restaurant worker told us about a peace corps girl being killed by an elephant as the rogue held Machelle and Bernice hostage in their bandas.
Roger
I woke up to the zillion sounds of the wild animals in Ruaha. Indulged in my second hot shower in twelve hours.
After breakfast, we loaded ourselves into a nine seated, wazungu land rover with guide and driver and headed off for our all-day bush drive in Ruaha National Park. The guide was very impressed with his knowledge of every aspect of the environment from the smallest bird, virtually every flower and of course big and small game. Bernice was a good student and noted the following animals with Swahili subtitles: Crocodile, Roan antelope, Impala, Lesser Kerdu, Hippopotamus (Kiboko), Baboon, Elephant (Tembo), Cape Buffalo, Warthog (engile), Giraffe (twiga), Blook Face Monkey, Nile Monitor Lizard (Kenge), Lion (Simba), Waterbuck (Kuro), Eland (Pofu), Marsh Turtle, Leopard, Rock Hylax and Zebra.
Just for the record, a few birds went mentioned too: hornbill, Loller, Saltar Groshawk, Tawny Eagle, White-headed vulture, Doves, Starting, Hammerhead, Weavermests, Eastern Chanting, Groshawk, Grey Headed Kingfisher and Sungors.
I won’t mention all of the vegetation except for Machelle’s Sausage Tree.
There were many highlights. The leopard was a rarity. The interaction of the elephants was special. The size of the lion in the distance was never apparent until one lion crossed the road right in front of us.
Peg managed to hold nature’s calling until we returned home. Nature called Machelle when a rogue elephant crossed the river to eat some veggies at the front of her banda. The restaurant worker told us about a peace corps girl being killed by an elephant as the rogue held Machelle and Bernice hostage in their bandas.
Roger
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