Ruaha Park

We are back in Iringa after a glorius two days in the game park. We saw lots of lions, giraffes, elephants, zebras, cape buffalo, impala, kudu, and many more. Our bandas were wall tents the size of a large room under a thatch roof. We went out for morning safari and had breakfast in the bush. All of our dinners were served bufet style in the bush also with kerosene lanterns. We had an elephant roaming the camp who came within arms length of Karen who was reading at the edge of her banda and looked up to see a elephant head hanging above her. We also saw a lot of lions on this trip including a pride with many cubs playing together and a different pride on a cape buffalo kill. You can spot the kill site by the flock of vultures waiting in the nearby tree. We also saw a pair of hyena trailing a giraffe with a baby who was born the night before. Giraffes can run within an hour after birth, the 6 foot drop wakes them up, but they are vulnerable for several days and the mother giraffe was watching closely. It was a great time in God's creation at a most comfortable place to rest and relax after our time in the village. Back in Iringa Steve and I ran into Steve Vinton at the local fast food joint, Hasty Tasty Too. Steve is the man who started the school in Kising'a and we told him about our experience with the science project and arranged to meet him for dinner tomorrow with our group. Amazing how things have just fallen together on this trip. Someone must be guiding us.