Masai Mara!

June 28, 2011

This morning everyone got up at 6am to go on our first official safari ride. We saw everything from the day before plus lions, a cheetah, elephants, water buffalo, and a few other animals. The first group of lions we saw were two females and five cubs that were eating an animal they had killed. We also saw a male and female lion mating. While all the zebras, wildebeests, etc, are scared of people, the lions and cheetah were both very calm when we pulled up beside them. We got to be about 10-20 feet away from almost all the animals we saw. We also took a long walk to see the hippos. They were huge but stayed under the water. We could only see their heads. We couldn’t get too close because we learned they are strong enough to completely bite off a human leg! One of the Maasai warriors at our camp, Dominique, taught us how to brush our teeth using a certain African plant. He said that’s what they use instead of a toothbrush. Tonight was our last dinner at Maasai Mara. We had ANCHOR and played a leadership game and then we went to sleep. Everyone was exhausted from our long day of safari. We are all looking forward to the rest of the trip!

Xoxo Shelby