*let's get the awkwardness out of the way - while I do feel that vacations are an important part of life and therefore missionaries should not feel badly about using supporters' money to fund them, I will say that we have decided to pay for vacations out of personal savings. Because we are residents of Tanzania, it was actually very reasonable.
In typical African fashion, when we went to start the safari, our guides discovered one of the vehicles did not work. After an additional 1 1/2 hours, we were ready to roll!
Our safari vehicles! Here are Emily and Charlotte climbing into the very high platform. There were definitely "issues" with the vehicles (they brought along big jugs of fluids to add periodically, ours wouldn't start again without lots of fiddling), but they were comfortable and gave great views.
I'll probably post more animal pictures in subsequent days, but we were very happy to see most of the big ones in the park: nice close-up views of elephant, giraffe, and zebra and even a far-away look at two lions terrorizing some giraffes. It was truly amazing!
The warthog, Pumbaa from Lion King! I'm learning that most of the Lion King creatures' names are Swahili words...Simba=lion; Rafiki=friend. (Pumbaa actually means "thoughtless").
I think the zebras were my favorites. We saw so many, including one that ran across the road on our way into the park - it almost hit the car in front of us.
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