Monday, March 12, 2007

Kristal, Erika, Elysia

Hello everyone!!!
we had the most amazing day today!! where should we start...? we woke up not quite knowing where we were heading for the day. our whole team met up at Kings School and from there went to the Lion and Rhino park. at the park the frist thing we did was go into a humungo cave! it was gigantinc. we went down 87 stairs at a 45 degree angle.. is you fell you would be a gonner.. then down a 20-30 ft lift. the cave was so cool. It was like a lost city underground. the rock formations were so large..it takes them 100 years to grom one cm. The cave was about 40 ft underground and 60 ft high and 180 something ft long..(or around those lines). NEXT the safari!it started out slightly disapointing only being able to see 2 rhinos, but htey were too far away to take decent pictures, and the grass was really tall. Although, we saw wart hogs, ostriches, zebras, and so on. it was rally exciting at frist but it got a little boring. BUT then, we entered the lion cage! sooo exciting, as we were driving through we all had our eyes peeled, and were searching for a while. then we drove up near a large tree where 8-9 lions were all laying ontop and around each other, and we werent able to turn around so we had to go right beside them, SO SCARY!! but also so exciting! and with all of our cameras together we proably got at least 300 pictures within 2 feet. HAH and then one guy stood right up and pee'd right on his buddy, hah it probably refreshing for him though! and then we were drivng towards the end, this other lion brushed up against our van, and he looked pretty angry! haha so then we headed on through the cheetahs and wild dogs fields. that would have been more exciting if the dogs were more awake and we if we could actually spot some cheetahs. okay now to the BEST part of the zoo, we went to like the village area where there were baby lions and tigers and cheetahs, and we found out that we could go into those cages and get pictures with them!!!! CRAZY EH!????? it only costed us 20 rand for each visit which was about 3-4 dollars. so amazing, Kristal, Erika and Wells all went together and Elysia, Elyse and Ben and Mrs bishop. we actually cuddled with the lion and kissed it, so the lion was pretty tame, BUT the tigers were prtty crazy. VERY ramboncious!! haahha umm, it chewed Wells, snook up behind alanna and jumped n her from behind, they chewed off carlys hair pretty much, and were not even going to discuss what they did to elysia. hahh so that day was pretty awesome as it was. so we headed out of the safari adventure nd went to the school and had lunch. we had african hot dogs that we werent certain about and when we were informed that we were eating lamb intestine, it wasnt bad though, we were just a little frightened. so after lunch we headed to this daycare/orphanage. this place held about 170 children. children whos parent dont always have the time or money to keep them at home or in shool for the day. it was really amazing and as soon as we stepped foot into it, children just jumped on you, hugged you and just wanted to be your best friend. the just did not want to leave your side, it was amazing, they couldnt get enough of you. and it was such a easily responsibility for us and it gave them so much pleasure. anyways! moving on that pretty much wrapped up our day. it was a great day, long day though, but totally worth it. this is a prety long blog though, so its time to get out of here, SEE YOU LATER!!! LOVER ERiKA KRISTAL AND ELYSIA!!



PS. KRISTALS PARENTS!!!! CHANGE MY LIMIT ON MY BANK CARD!!! I CAN ONLY TAKE OUT 100Rand a day which is $20 a day, SO CHANGE IT IT HIGHER THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you had a great day! Can't wait to see the pictures. Have fun in Zambia. I am enjoying hearing the play by play as the trip goes along. Makes me feel like you are not so far away after all.
Liz B XOXO
(Sorry for the gushy stuff everyone except Elysia) :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Erika, Kristal and Elysia,
What an amazing day you had that day--First a cave (glad you weren't gonners!) and then to get close up and personal with the lions.YIKES!!! Only 300 pictures? Wish you had taken a few more:-)
I know you have since worked on the clinic and the orphanage. What a tremendous contribution all of you from KCS are making as you minister in Africa. You must all feel a great sense of satisfaction knowing the difference you are making. Ron Henderson

Anonymous said...

Dear Erika and Friends: It is fun to read the blog! The safari sounded like such good fun. By now you will be in Zambia, and working on your project. I am so proud of you guys and hope your project goes well. Allie and Karen (who are the new twins) are at my house for dinner tonight, and Karen is typing this out as we speak. Haha. Love you! Love from Granny :)

Anonymous said...

Hey Elysia I love u soo much and hope ur having a ton of fun.. I miss u soo much and cant wait to hear about all ur amazing experiences..You better be taking alot of pictures for me.. Umm yah I love u soo much and just had to send a token of my love for u.Stay healthy and Strong..TTyl babe

..Chalyse,,,

Anonymous said...

Erikaaaaaaa,
I hope you're having fun out there! I read your blog. . . you need to touch up on you're grammar. . . just joking :). I can't wait to see all the pictures your bringing back I'm so excited, I ask Mom and the girls every day when you're coming home - I have a bad memory. By the way Mom misses you a lot she can't wait until you're home. You won't recognize Monet when you come back, she's practically getting ready for college she's growing so fast. Anyways see you this week. . . I think? I don't know I forgot once again when you'll be home. . . silly me. Motherhood gets the best of me :)
xoxoxox
Maddy