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Celebration Lunch and Awards!

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Ben I started the day at 6:30 by waking up the rest of the boys in my room. The first thing I saw was the (not so) gracious face of my bunkmate, George W! I slowly made my way to the toilet to conduct my morning ablutions before going to the bar for an early (Zambian lateness included) breakfast. Our day properly started at 8, when the bus arrived to take us to the safari centre. The weather was surprisingly cold this morning, I was surprised to see my own breath! Perhaps shorts may not have been the best idea! As we pulled up to the centre, 3 safari trucks awaited to guide us through the park.  The first animals we saw were Warthogs and Impalas. Our driver/spotter was very knowledgeable and frequently referenced Pumba from The Lion King. We spent a good few hours driving around the Mosi O Tunya National Park. Within that time all three safari truck pulled up near 3 armed men! It turns out that the were the rangers who were responsible for watching over the Rhinos and to protect th...

Morning Safari

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 Afternoon Safari photos below,  Lunch and Awards Ceremony this afternoon so Blog and Photos from then to be published this evening - our last in Zambia!!

Vicky Falls

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 Good evening ladies and gentlemen!! Today we present to you the 2nd to last blog of Zambia, so we are expecting plenty of comments (cough cough, the Donaldson's, you have been very quiet!!) We started off with a late breakfast...it was supposed to be at 7:30 but was served at 8:20! All the boys had a lazy sleep in because Ben, their alarm, ignored his own alarm and did not wake them up! At 10am we set of for our big trip to Vicky Falls, it was nice and moist...! We got up close and personal with the baboons! We began by hiking down to the Boiling Pot which was a torturous hike through the baboon ridden jungle up and over rocks and through streams! It was all worth it as we were treated to stunning views of the bottom of the falls!! After we hiked back up through the baboon ridden jungle we crossed the Knife-Edge Bridge and broke into uncontrollable laughter as Amelie stacked it on the bridge which we caught from multiple camera angles!! Once we stopped laughing we were treated to ...

Monday Photo Selection ... Blog to follow

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