Today (now yesterday) was amazing! An all expenses paid trip to the gorgeous Siavonga, Zambia.
I kept a little journal of the things that I saw along the way that I did not want to forget. These are a few of the entries:
- I saw the biggest tree that I have ever seen in my life! It was absolutely enormous about the trunk. I tried to get my camera in time but was unsuccessful. I looked it up though and I am about 90% certain it is this tree called a Baobab. They can be absolutely monstrous.
- It was great getting to see a little bit of terrain. I have been in the city of Lusaka the whole of the time thus far and not able to see any of the surrounding villages or the glorious untouched pieces of African landscape.
- We passed an 18-wheeler stalled halfway up one of the little mountain passes with a couple rocks chalking the trailer tires and a despairing river of transmission fluid flowing from the chassis.
- I found the huts! The thatch-roofed cottages were both endearing and humbling.
- Got to see the Lion King trees silhouetted along the peaks of the mountain/hills. Beautiful!
- I noticed these huge piles of red earth and can only pray that I never come into contact with the ants capable of building such a mound.
- I am real sure that I saw Toucan Sam fly by the van as we passed through one of the little towns on the way to the Lake.
Oh ya, and this little guy (death lizard) made me thought I was going to see Jesus! (a lot sooner that I thought I was, anyway)
It was a fantastic trip and did much to satiate my want for adventure for now. All is well.
I hope you have pictures from the descriptions I just read!!! It sounds pretty much AMAZING and I'm glad you were able to go see some of these awesome things we can only research on the internet at best. The baobab tree made me smile...I did a little research project on them when I was in middle school, I thought they looked really cool. And with the ants...I can't believe you don't want to be like Josh and straddle the marching army of ants for the sake of a really neat pic! Can't wait to hear about more adventures! Have a great day!! :)
ReplyDeleteJake!! The trip sounds AMAZING! I agree with Kristen: I hope there are at least some pictures of everything.
ReplyDeleteBoabab trees rock, yo - sooo awesome!
Umm, the vid of the skink is awesome, too - I'm so proud of you hanging around it for so long. Ya did good, kid ;)
Was the fishy (-ies?) tasty at all?? I kind of imagine that a fried little fish wouldn't taste all that bad...could be totally wrong. I'm just remember the fish we sometimes had for breakfast in Panama, and they were surprisingly tasty.
Love ya, jerl!
Jake, your description of the fish taste makes me think of sardines. Much better after a few beers.
ReplyDeleteI surely appreciate your adventuresome spirit.
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Uncle Bill