Africa-Part One
Okay, now that i'm almost over jetlag, i can begin to tell my story. Sort of.
On June 22nd we took a two hour flight to San Francisco. After two hours in San Francisco we took an overnight nine hour flight to London. We had business class, so that was fun.
We spent two days in london. Because like, three people have asked me this already, NO, we were not in London at the time of the bombings. We did ride the subway, however. So I was kind of freaked out for a little bit. In london we went and saw Westminster Abbey, the Abbey where they buried Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. (Bloody Mary). Together. We saw Tenth Downing Street, where the prime minister lives. We walked to Trafalger Square and then went to this pizza place in london that my aunt kept dreaming about. We went to the British Museum, and they had all these human skeletons. My cousin maya was really freaked out. We went and saw the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham palace, except it was so crowded we didn't really see much.
In london we stayed at the Marriot County Hall. It was right across the river from Big Ben and the Parliament house. You could see the London eye from our window.
One more thing to say about London? When we were going through customs, the guys from Simple Plan were ahead of us. No, there were not girls/fans swarming about them. Maybe there's less mob risk in Europe or something, because there's no way this would happen in America and someone not be killed in the rampage.
From London we took another overnight nine hour flight to Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. From Dar Es Salaam we took a two hour charter flight to Arusha, a small town north of Dar Es Salaam. The people inARusha live in what would be called Hoovervilles in America, and there is garbage on the side of every street, piled high. There are baby goats running around everywhere, and no, i did not bring anyone back a baby goat.
We spent the night at a coffee plantation in Arusha. Then the next morning, we met up with our guides, Alan, Joseph, and Amini, and drove two hours to Tarangerie National Park. Upon arriving at Tarangerie, we saw four elephants at the water tower just outside our tents. (This was a tent camp). We spent two days at Tarangerie, where in that time we saw an elephant charge two lions, an elephant charge our car, a lion charge our car, an elephant fight, AND a lion fight. We also saw these monkeys who had blue balls. Like, sky blue balls. Yes. Balls. And we saw about thirty baboons, and i think baby baboons are pretty cute. They will sit on their mothers back like they're riding a horse and pick bugs off her ass and eat them. It's pretty cool.
That's all i'm gonna say for now, stay tuned for Africa-Part Two! :P
On June 22nd we took a two hour flight to San Francisco. After two hours in San Francisco we took an overnight nine hour flight to London. We had business class, so that was fun.
We spent two days in london. Because like, three people have asked me this already, NO, we were not in London at the time of the bombings. We did ride the subway, however. So I was kind of freaked out for a little bit. In london we went and saw Westminster Abbey, the Abbey where they buried Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. (Bloody Mary). Together. We saw Tenth Downing Street, where the prime minister lives. We walked to Trafalger Square and then went to this pizza place in london that my aunt kept dreaming about. We went to the British Museum, and they had all these human skeletons. My cousin maya was really freaked out. We went and saw the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham palace, except it was so crowded we didn't really see much.
In london we stayed at the Marriot County Hall. It was right across the river from Big Ben and the Parliament house. You could see the London eye from our window.
One more thing to say about London? When we were going through customs, the guys from Simple Plan were ahead of us. No, there were not girls/fans swarming about them. Maybe there's less mob risk in Europe or something, because there's no way this would happen in America and someone not be killed in the rampage.
From London we took another overnight nine hour flight to Dar Es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. From Dar Es Salaam we took a two hour charter flight to Arusha, a small town north of Dar Es Salaam. The people inARusha live in what would be called Hoovervilles in America, and there is garbage on the side of every street, piled high. There are baby goats running around everywhere, and no, i did not bring anyone back a baby goat.
We spent the night at a coffee plantation in Arusha. Then the next morning, we met up with our guides, Alan, Joseph, and Amini, and drove two hours to Tarangerie National Park. Upon arriving at Tarangerie, we saw four elephants at the water tower just outside our tents. (This was a tent camp). We spent two days at Tarangerie, where in that time we saw an elephant charge two lions, an elephant charge our car, a lion charge our car, an elephant fight, AND a lion fight. We also saw these monkeys who had blue balls. Like, sky blue balls. Yes. Balls. And we saw about thirty baboons, and i think baby baboons are pretty cute. They will sit on their mothers back like they're riding a horse and pick bugs off her ass and eat them. It's pretty cool.
That's all i'm gonna say for now, stay tuned for Africa-Part Two! :P