so. i kind of had this awesome opportunity to go on a safari ride, on the very day of my twenty-first birthday nonetheless! God has blessed me with many things on this trip, and i was worried about having my birthday away from all my friends and family, but he surrounded me with awesome friends here and the crazy chance to see all these native african animals up close and personal! it was AWESOME! i loved every second of it.
first, we got in our vehicle and they told us it was a pop-up van, meaning the roof literally came up and we were able to climb out to sit on the roof while the van rode around the african roads through the park, forest, and flat lands. We were able to see tons of animals! from elephants with their young that almost charged at us, giraffes that we could get out and walk around with, warthogs that looked like pumba in the lion king, lots of antelope with huge horns, waterbuffalos huddled in their herds, lots of hippos chilling in the nile river, crocodiles, baboons with their bald butts, and probably more i'm forgetting right now. probably the only animals we didnt see were zeebras and lions. but wow, it was all so incredible to see all these beautiful creatures with such detail, in person, close enough to not even need to use your zoom on your camera lens!
God is sooooo cool to create all this stunning creatures. The giraffes spots were gorgeous and so unique. the elephants were huge, even down to their footprints in the mud as we passed by - they were ginormous circles in the dirt! the waterbuffalos almost looked blue in color if you looked at them long enough. the warthogs had this really cool hair running down their back that looked like a mohawk. the hippos even yawned at one point so we could see the inside of their mouth! It was all so unreal to be present and witness all this! God's creation is so magnificent and vast that my mind cannot comprehend it sometimes.
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