warthogs, waterbucks, and elephants, oh my!!

i went on a real safari! okay, well, we (me, anna, nora, and nora's parents) drove around in a 4 wheel drive and saw tons of animals, -- i didn't walk much b/c i sprained my ankle a few days before the trip...but
i went on a safari on crutches!
how many people can say that? it was pretty awesome. we saw an elephant up close, even i hobbled out of the car for that one. the guide didn't want me to get out in case the elephant charged, and then i wouldn't be able to run away.... yeah, whatever. rules are made to be broken! (but not ones from your parents, kids!) it was so cool! we also saw baboons, waterbucks, warthogs, some other deer-shaped animal (i forget the name) and we saw an elephant fetus in the museum. they kept the fetus in an old coleman cooler filled with formaldehyde. not gonna lie, it kinda stunk when they opened it. :)
props to nora's parents for bringing me along on the african road trip of the year, crutches and all. imagine 5 full-grown people (and nora's dad is 6'4") stuffed into a geo prism, with WEEKS worth of luggage, and crutches. then imagine REALLY bad dirt roads. then imagine the tail pipe falling off and having some kid from a random village tie it on with some ropes... you get the idea.
oh yeah, and did i mention that that car didn't make it all the way to the national park so we had to rent a different one --read: church van-- to make it the last 86 kilometers? cause that was awesome too!
i was a heck of a trip, and a great way to see africa!