This morning after a some what restless night ( I swear there was an army of dogs in a very heated conversation that chose to keep us up all night ). We got ready for the day and went down to eat breakfast before our shuttle came to take us to the airport. We have met some really nice people so we all just sat in the lobby and talked as we waited, while we were waiting the manager came up to us and said that since we had so much luggage just between us that we would have our own shuttle ( at the time it was just Rafiki, Timon and myself) we thanked them and told them about the other large group we had met so they reserved a bus for us. Well since there was 10 people and more then 30 pieces of luggage we ended up using 2 buses, we got to the airport went through security 2 more times, got checked in, got our passport stamped and finally to our gate.
We finally made it to our gate but since we still had a while we went and looked at some shops and used the restroom before actually going through our gate where we had to go through security- you guessed it- yet again. While waiting we learned that our plane was delayed so we waited agian ( man we are getting so good at waiting- I didn't write much yesterday because that's what we mainly did was wait.) Finally an hour and a half late we boarded our plane and took off- let me just say that they definately tried to cram as many seats as humanly possible on this flight, your knees were literally touching the seat in front of you and you had maybe 3 inches of space to breathe ( well maybe there was really like a foot of space between the seat in front of you and your head but seriously!) After about 4 hours on this plane we landed in Harare! HOORAY!! We waited in yes another line to get our visas, we got our luggage and went out and guess who was there waiting with open arms? AP!! I was so excited to see her again, and Zazu and Cars was there also!
They decided to drop us girls off at the Mbizi Game Park the same one I stayed at last time, it was cool to experience it again and share it with Rafiki and Timon. We decided to go on a game drive, we saw Zebras ( we learned that they all have thier own indiviual stipe system like we have our fingerprints, the black stripes soak in the heat and the white ones release the heat causing body temperature regulation also some of them have brown strips that secret body fluids, there are 3 different types of Zebras, they only have one baby at a time as a form of protection so there are more Zebra's to watch the one little one. We learned alot more but I fogot it).
When we got done on the ride Rafiki, Timon and I walked around the grounds then went in and watched some soccer with the workers since it is the World Cup in South Africa right now, we then ate dinner ( super delicious!), desert and tea. The whole time Zazu and I had been talking about the kids, who is still there, the new kids, who has left and the new manager ( AP hired a manager and Zazu thinks him and his wife are prefect for the job!), things that have changed and other things that still need to change. We talked so much about the kids! I CANNOT WAIT TO GO SEE THEM!!! It will be so amazing to be reunited! I also learned that more kids are gone then I thought 4 total but that we have 3 new one and I cannot wait to get to know them as well. I cannot wait to go see my kids! Tomorrow can't come fast enough! We are all headed to bed now, I am so blessed! I AM SO BLESSED! I AM SO LUCKY! I AM LIVING A DREAM COME TRUE!!
Zazu on the game ride
Rafiki and Timon on the game ride
Zebras
Zebra
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