After breakfast yesterday we swam and layed in the sun whilst over looking the vast lake - quite, quite heavenly!
At 3pm some off us took a boat ride on the lake. It was beautiful. We drew along side water buffalo resting at the waters edge, elephants grazing on the lush graze growing by the lake, birds of every description, lizards large enough to see from 50m away and hippos as near as 5 metres away. Hippos have instantly become my favourite animal - they lay in the water sun bathing all day - idylic!! There are 11 villages within the reserve all of which fish to make a living. As we passed one, the men were heading out for the night in their boats to fish. I wondered if their work, their life, were less stressful than mine?! It certainly looked like it as they paddled off over the horizon........until we were told hippos are their greatest threat. If a mother feels her baby is in danger she will attack and literally drown the occupants of the boat. Perhaps our stresses are just different. Having seen some difficult scenes during the week, this trip today reminded me that this also is an amazing, beautiful country - we try to recreate its beauty and wonder in the UK with our wild life parks etc - we miss by a mile!!
It was an immediate turn around as we headed off on our lion hunt, we searched and search for hours..... all in vain :-( I secretly hoped that as we returned to our lodge that we'd have a repeat of our elephant experience and come across a huge pride.....not so. I'll just have to come again some time........
So to today...... the epic journey back! We're heading back for a few days to revisit both orphanages, have a meal with Paul who we worked with at the school in the first week and then head home. I'm not sure how much blogging I'll manage from now........ xx
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