This morning, we all got up really early to leave by 630. We drove for an hour or so (getting mock charged by an elephant on the way) up to Thulamele, which is a burial site for an ancient civilization that was here long before colonization. We talked about the rituals performed in order to elect, decide, and just live. This whole lecture took place on the top of a very large plateau, with cliffs overlooking a great deal of the northern park. At one point, we were looking at a part of the wall, and we could sit on the edge of a 300 foot high wall. I, of course, sat on the very edge and threw rocks over (this probably isn’t helping for those of you who think I’m going to totally mangle myself while here). At the end of the lesson, we had a short meditation session to just clear our minds of all stress and to just reflect on this past month.
Lunch was a picnic by the Limpopo river. While there, we saw about 20 golden orb spiders, as well as a medium sized snake. We then drove to Crooks Corner, which is the bank of the Limpopo river where South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe meet. I have now seen Moz and Zim. After that, we went on a little bit of an extended bird drive, and then came back. We had a little bit of a night off, as Laurence hadn’t finished our IP comments, which was nice, as I had to get up early for a game drive tomorrow.
The Joke
It's a frickin' elephant
A class of five-year old students are learning to read.
One of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,
"Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"
The teacher took a deep breath, then asked... "What did you call it?"
"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"
And so it does...
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