First game drive

We are in the Massai Mara. Massai is an African tribe and Mara in Swahili means the plains dotted with trees. Yesterday was our first game drive. There are 12black rhinos in Massai Mara (which is bigger than Massachusetts) and we saw 2 of them. A mom and her calf. Pretty cool. We also saw 5 female lions and their 7 cubs. A few elephants, zebras, and giraffes. I love Africa. It's hard to say the best thing about the tent but I'll tell you some fun things. It's in the forest and the monkeys jump from the trees to our roof which is very loud and startling. Then we hear them running across the roof. We found out that they get into the tent by jumping on the door handle (yes the tent has a door). The jumping turns the handle and then they're in! Clever aren't they? We found this out because Josh accidentally left a bag of cookies in the room and when we came back the bag was ripped and the cookies gone. When I opened the door to go to lunch there was a monkey sitting there waiting for me. I made josh walk in front. They have red tails and a white nose. Pretty cute really. Oh and their are warthogs all over the camp. Let me tell you they are not pretty.

Melanie