Safari

Hello Friends,
I just returned from a weekend safari. It was really cool. We saw baboons, elephants (really close up), giraffe, hippos, crocs,....The safari itself was great, but the adventure is actually travelling to and from on the Ugandan roads....ugh,...Ants, Flies, and Speed Bumps. The 6 hour drive on Thursday (it's probably only 200 miles, but takes 6 hours on the roads), started out with a bathroom break alongside the road where I must've dropped my pants in an ant pile (biting ants) because when I got back in the van, I was covered in biting ants!!! eugh! I swatted as many as I could, then made sure I was clear at the next bathroom (that term is used loosely) stop, and was back on our way again. Next were the speed bumps, every 30 yards for about 15 miles,....bump, bump, bump,...It was a long 15 miles. Then, the vampire flies. I was told that they bite, so the first one I saw I swatted with my book. Apparently, it had already bitten because a very large amount of blood splattered on the window and book. The rest of the trip was filled with screaming girls and vampire flies. Once we reached camp, it was fantastic! Overlooking the Nile, a great sunset, and warthogs. I also had a big hippo right outside my tent. Now, back to the village for peace and quite...yeah!