Today we went on a safari at the Yankari Nature Preserve. It was a 3 hour drive from Jos to the nature preserve. When we got there, we were greeted by baboons and warthogs. We got into two land cruisers and drove around for about 2.5 hours looking for animals. We saw a couple of large birds, some more baboons and some monkeys. We saw a whole bunch of elephant dung, but no elephants or other mammals. It was still pretty cool to be on safari in Africa.
After the safari we went to the hot springs in the preserve to go swimming . The springs were beautiful and the water temperature was perfect.
The most exciting part of the whole trip to the safari was the baboon that jumped in to the bus onto Rhonda's shoulder. He then jumped into Dan's seat and stole Dan's pringles can. Dan let a loud "girly" scream and scared the baboon so much it jumped out of the bus. (Just kidding about the scream, Dan actually tried to chase the baboon off the bus and it just stared at him until it got the Pringles, then it ran.)
The bus ride home went fairly fast and we had dinner at a cafe in Jos and most of the team had their first "Chapmans," a Nigerian fruit drink that is very popular.
We are going shopping tomorrow morning and then heading to Abuja to the airport for our long trip home. This is the last post from Nigeria. We'll see you all soon.
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3 comments:
Safe travels... I'll see you at the airport.
Oh, man! I can't wait to hear Rhonda's side of the baboon encounter story!
I hope everyone had (has) a terrific time, and I can't wait to see my wife again.
We will pray that everyone returns home promptly & safely!
FOR MATT: Can't Wait to see ya! Miss Ya,Love Ya! Cathy
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