Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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The past 3 weeks has been a whirlwind trip around Malawi and Zambia with my mom who came all the way from San Diego! Here she is at the Malawi-side of the border. Our first stop was South Luangwa National Park to see the animals. The first sighting of the morning was this guy chowing down on a buffalo. She survived near leopard attack (though the leopard didn't actually do anything, even if she says otherwise). We saw lots of hippos.
Our awesome driver found a massive (1000+) heard of Cape Buffalo. And I can't forget about my 3rd favourite animal, the giraffe. There were elephants all over who came right up the vehicle, or sometimes just stood there to block the road. We also saw some funny looking horses. By the second day of drives, we were all getting bored with the animals "oh look, another elephant/hippo/impala". Instead I tasked the guide to find elephants in water:
After 3 years of waiting, South Luangwa was worth the trip, despite 7 hr bus rides each way.

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