Three little pigs

We got up early on Friday 7/17 to start on our 14.5 hour drive to Mole National Park. The last three hours were nothing but big bumps and unavoidable potholes. We literally spent three hours jiggling non-stop. It was 8:00pm when we finally arrived. It was time to unload our stuff to our rooms when we were greeted at our door by a few guests. There were three wart hogs sleeping right in front of our door. We were excited and frightened all at the same time. How would we get in we wondered? The whole group of us stood around amazed when a hotel personnel came to throw rocks at them to scare them off. They grunted and squealed but we were the ones scared. We were yelling and trying to get out of the way. It was quite the site, I'm sure.


The next morning we started the day with a walking safari. It was beautiful weather and we were ready to see some wildlife. We started walking thru a village and low and behold, there were elephants, baboons and warthogs wondering around the village people. And how completely normal it was for them. We stared in amazement. Elephants are such beautiful creatures. As soon as one would turn toward us and look at us that was our cue not to get any closer.




We continued to walk down thru the jungle to the watering hole. Along the way we saw many antelope, water buck, wart hogs and interesting birds.






Lynley and I in front of the watering hole. It was so beautiful there.


Our safari guide: Kope. Gun loaded and ready.


We were greeted by a red monkey while eating breakfast. He jumped on our table and took a drink out one students glass of juice then ran off not before scratching another students arm as she tried protecting her juice. Don't stop the monkeys from getting what they want is the lesson. We had a wonderful weekend full of adventure.