Ok guys, it actually happened. My very
first urban hyena sighting!!!!! Internally I was doing a little victory dance,
but I had to play it cool on the outside. The hyena was on the other side of
the fence (and a mesh bit), so it was very hard to spot, but I nailed it and I
even got a (not a great) photo. I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy!!!
Tomorrow’s plan is to go for a brisk morning hike to see if we can spot anything, then we’re going to be picked up to do hyena den checks and see if there’s been any activity in town. A couple of people from wildlife trust said they saw hyenas last night around the camp as well, so it will be interesting to see what we’ll find.
And OH MY GOD, we have been promised SOY MILK. Special delivery for Katie and I. We will be served, wait for it, real lattes! Like the café kind. I promised I will not get my hopes up, but too little too late. And there will be tears if they fail to deliver!
Other then that we’ve had a pretty good day. Did scats and had lunch at a restaurant (I’ll add pictures later). After that I may have had a sneaky beer. Haven’t laughed this much for ages! A little % goes a long way here.
Earlier today I met a really nice couple, Marlise and Mr X (because I am super bad with names). I hope our paths will cross again, because I can already see fun times ahead with them two! I can’t stress enough how amazing people are around here!
Marlise shared some valuable information with me and I feel like I should pass it on to you guys. So, apparently in Africa you can get this really bizarre disease from swimming in the lake. The disease is spread from person to person via urine and feces. It’s basically a parasite (worm?) that crawls it’s way under your skin and then lives and breeds there. Apparently there are no obvious symptoms up until a year after being infected. Gosh, how many people could be aimlessly walking around with worms in their legs. I mean, how would you know even? This is so messed up.
Another fun way of inviting “guests” to live in your body is to simply wash your clothes and leave them drying in the sun. A wild fly (or some insect) then appears and lays eggs on your freshly washed clothes. As you put these clothes on, the eggs will react to the body heat and turn into wicked little worms who penetrate your skin and start making babies in there. Soon enough you’ll find a pimple on your skin and after squeezing it, you’re in for a treat as you’ll be greeted by a friendly maggot.
Let that sink in.
Tomorrow’s plan is to go for a brisk morning hike to see if we can spot anything, then we’re going to be picked up to do hyena den checks and see if there’s been any activity in town. A couple of people from wildlife trust said they saw hyenas last night around the camp as well, so it will be interesting to see what we’ll find.
And OH MY GOD, we have been promised SOY MILK. Special delivery for Katie and I. We will be served, wait for it, real lattes! Like the café kind. I promised I will not get my hopes up, but too little too late. And there will be tears if they fail to deliver!
Other then that we’ve had a pretty good day. Did scats and had lunch at a restaurant (I’ll add pictures later). After that I may have had a sneaky beer. Haven’t laughed this much for ages! A little % goes a long way here.
Earlier today I met a really nice couple, Marlise and Mr X (because I am super bad with names). I hope our paths will cross again, because I can already see fun times ahead with them two! I can’t stress enough how amazing people are around here!
Marlise shared some valuable information with me and I feel like I should pass it on to you guys. So, apparently in Africa you can get this really bizarre disease from swimming in the lake. The disease is spread from person to person via urine and feces. It’s basically a parasite (worm?) that crawls it’s way under your skin and then lives and breeds there. Apparently there are no obvious symptoms up until a year after being infected. Gosh, how many people could be aimlessly walking around with worms in their legs. I mean, how would you know even? This is so messed up.
Another fun way of inviting “guests” to live in your body is to simply wash your clothes and leave them drying in the sun. A wild fly (or some insect) then appears and lays eggs on your freshly washed clothes. As you put these clothes on, the eggs will react to the body heat and turn into wicked little worms who penetrate your skin and start making babies in there. Soon enough you’ll find a pimple on your skin and after squeezing it, you’re in for a treat as you’ll be greeted by a friendly maggot.
Let that sink in.
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