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Summer 09... Getting Home

I promise I will update the rest of the summer and do a picture over load in the next few days but here is a recap of my LONG journey home! 

I flew a lot of these (and a lot this summer)

Got upgraded to Business for the 13 hour flight from Dubai to JFK

It took over 20 hours to get from South Africa to Dubai to New York then a day and a half in New York then 4 plus hours and I am HOME to AZ! 

7 weeks, 7 countries, 2 states, one summer, chance of a life time, 1 birthday, many game drives, lots of the same clothes, eating way to much good food, changed forever... Summer 2009 

All the countries I went to in Africa (They have a little blue star on them!)

Victoria Falls and a Rainbow!

Day 39 (Tuesday August 18, 2009)

Bight and early is the name of the game! Another early one and not much sleep there were animals outside our room ALL NIGHT… we were in the jeep by 6AM off looking for lions and leopards. We drove and drove looking for a cat and nothing we were out for a little over 4 hours without sighting a cat (we did see lots of elephants, giraffes, zebras, etc.) then back to the lodge for showers  and play time then an amazing lunch and movie and quiet time 5:30 is very early to wake up at…  then tea and cake time and back to the jeep for the night game drive! To get into the park we took a boat very fun! We were again looking for lions and leopards we drove all around and nothing… we had sundowners, looked in the dark for the leopards that is when they do their kill but nothing then back to the lodge for dinner and bedtime! 

Day 38 (Monday August 17, 2009)

Spencer’s Birthday!

 

We were up at out of the hotel by about 7am that is with breakfast also ( I am not going to miss these early days lol) we loaded up and drove the 2 hours back to the city and to the airport once there we had to weigh us and all our bags for the plane. So all 13 of us walked out onto the runway and we saw 3 very small plans when we were getting into our the pilot asked if I wanted to sit shot gun well heck yes I did! But I learned very quick that I am NOT a fan of little planes oh boy it could have been bad. Then we landed in Zambia, got in jeeps and drove through Mufwe town. I felt so special because everyone stops to wave at you! Its like a parade. When we got to Kapani Lodge we checked in and had an AMAZING lunch! Then went swimming in a COLD pool with bamboos and frogs around the frog actually jumped in the pool (Ethan saved us from it) Then a little rest time and off on the first game drive! After we entered the park we saw lion cubs and their mom right away! Then we saw a bunch of animals we have seen then we stopped and had sundowners (drinks and snacks!) as we watched the sun set! And then we drove to find leopards… nothing… after a wonderful dinner it was bedtime.  

Day 37 (Sunday August 16, 2009)

Travel day and lake day! We got up and ready, ate breakfast, went for a walk where we got to feed the fish (Ethan loved it). Then loaded into the car to drive to Lake Malawi. We got to the hotel and after lunch Ethan went for a quick swim in a small gross pool. Then we went down to the beach and played in the sand for a while. Then we had a movie night and bed early. Tomorrow morning is going to be early! The lake was pretty and big but we didn’t swim because it can make you get very sick so we thought we should play it safe and not LOL!

Day 36 (Saturday August 16, 2009)

We spent another day playing at the lodge. We spent a lot of time running in the grass outside our room and playing on the deck. We had a nice lunch outside on the patio. Then we went for a long walk in which we saw the cows and Ethan had a talk with one of them and then as we were going to leave the cow broke out of the pen and started to follow us… so we walked a little quicker and eventually lost her. It was very funny when it happened. Then we had the normal bath, dinner. Movie, bed time, that is one thing that has basically stayed the same in each place we have been! And I worked on packing we had to send our big bag back to the states with Brent so everything had to fit in the little bags and under 30 pounds… then I went to bed pretty early which was super nice!