Timon and Pumba's Safari Adventure

September 28, 2006

Last weekend we hired two cars and drove, Yes on the left side of the road about three hours up the coast to St.Lucia Wetlands and Wildlife reserve. Monday was a National Holiday so we had four days to play and have a mini holiday of our own.

We got into St.Lucia a bit later than planned. Surprise, surprise, eh? We pulled in after dark and headed down to the beach for a bonfire with other people from our hostel. We stepped onto a pitch black, slightly moonlit beach where the waves of the Indian Ocean kissed the shoreline, and made music for the backgroud to our campfire. We joked into the night about the Crocs and wild hippos that roamed the beach at night. I don't think it was much of a joke though because the estuary houses both animals and pours right into the sea near our bonfire spot.

After a late night we rose before the sun at 4:45 and drove an hour and a half to Hlhluwe Game Reserve Park in order to arrive by 6 when the park opened. Brekfast was peanut butter and honey made by Chef Nahzi in the backseat. We spent the first three hours of our adventure stopping the car almost every five or six minutes. Zebras on the left! Elephants on the right. The Elephant proceeded to cross the road only a few few behind our cars! And they weren't the only trafic. We saw our fair share of warthogs, tails stick straight as they scurried ahead of us. We eagerly asked "pumba" where he thought timon might be hiding.(Lion King reference)This was followed by a ten minute disscussion on exactly what type of animal timon was. Merecat?


The next day after our trip home from the beach we spotted more than a gaggle, perhaps 35 or so little brown creatures crossing the road in the middle of town! "What is it?" we asked Ian, who was driving, and we sped up for a better look. "IT's Timon!" he replied.



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