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Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｔｈｅ ｔａｌｅ ｏｆ ａ ｄａｙ ｉｎ ｍｙ ｌｉｆｅ ｗｈｅｒｅ Ｉ ｗａｓ ｐｒｏｂａｂｌｙ ｍｏｒｅ ｓｃａｒｅｄ ｔｈａｎ ａｔ ａｎｙ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｔｉｍｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｔａｋｅｓ ｐｌａｃｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｅａｒｌｙ 1990'ｓ, ｗｈｅｎ Ｉ ｗａｓ ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌａｒｇｅ ｏｉｌ ｃｏｍｐａｎｉｅｓ ｉｎ Ｌｏｎｄｏｎ ａｎｄ ｉｎｓｔａｌｌｉｎｇ/ｓｕｐｐｏｒｔｉｎｇ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒｉｚｅｄ ａｃｃｏｕｎｔｉｎｇ ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ. Ｔｈｅｙ ｎｅｅｄｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｔｒｏｕｂｌｅｓｈｏｏｔｉｎｇ ｄｏｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅｉｒ Ｎａｉｒｏｂｉ ｏｆｆｉｃｅ ｉｎ Ｋｅｎｙａ, ｐｌｕｓ ｓｏｍｅ ｅｘｔｒａ ｓｔａｆｆ ｔｒａｉｎｉｎｇ, ａｎｄ ｓｏ ｔｗｏ ｏｆ ｕｓ ｗｅｎｔ ｏｕｔ ｔｏ Ｎａｉｒｏｂｉ ｆｏｒ ｔｗｏ ｗｅｅｋｓ ｔｏ ｈｅｌｐ ｔｈｅｍ ｏｕｔ. Ｍｙ ｃｏｌｌｅａｇｕｅ ｄｅｃｉｄｅｄ ｔｈａｔ ｈｅ ｗａｎｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｃｕｔ ｈｉｓ ｔｒｉｐ ｓｈｏｒｔ, ａｎｄ ｓｏ Ｉ ｅｎｄｅｄ ｕｐ ｔａｋｉｎｇ ｏｎ ｐａｒｔ ｏｆ ｈｉｓ ａｓｓｉｇｎｍｅｎｔ ａｎｄ ｓｔａｙｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｗｅｅｋｓ ｎｏｔ ｔｗｏ. Ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｕｎｉｑｕｅ ｏｐｐｏｒｔｕｎｉｔｙ ｔｏ ｇｏ ｏｎ ｓａｆａｒｉ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄｓ, Ｉ ｒｅｑｕｅｓｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｂｅ ａｌｌｏｗｅｄ ｔｏ ｗｏｒｋ ｅｘｔｒａ ｈｏｕｒｓ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋ, ｓｏ ｔｈａｔ Ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｔａｋｅ Ｍｏｎｄａｙｓ ｏｆｆ. Ｔｈｅ ｓａｆａｒｉ ｔｒｉｐｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｄａｙｓ ｅａｃｈ, ｄｅｐａｒｔｉｎｇ ｏｎ ａ Ｓａｔｕｒｄａｙ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｒｅｔｕｒｎｉｎｇ ｏｎ ａ Ｍｏｎｄａｙ ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ. Ｔｈｅ ｔｉｍｅ ｏｆｆ ｗａｓ ａｇｒｅｅｄ, ａｎｄ Ｉ ｗｅｎｔ ｄｏｗｎ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓａｆａｒｉ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ｏｆｆｉｃｅ ｉｎ ｔｏｗｎ ｔｏ ｂｏｏｋ ｍｙ ｔｒｉｐｓ. Ｓｉｎｃｅ Ｉ ｎｏｗ ｈａｄ ｔｗｏ ｌｏｎｇ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄｓ, Ｉ ｂｏｏｋｅｄ ａ ｔｒｉｐ ｔｏ Ａｍｂｏｓｅｌｉ Ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｐａｒｋ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ Ｍａｓａｉ Ｍａｒａ Ｐａｒｋ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ. Ｉ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｏｐｔｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｌｕｘｕｒｙ ｔｒｉｐｓ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｎｃｌｕｄｅｄ ａｉｒ ｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎｅｄ ｔｒａｎｓｐｏｒｔａｔｉｏｎ ｔｏ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｄｇｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｐａｒｋｓ, ｇｏｕｒｍｅｔ ｍｅａｌｓ, ｔｈｅ ｏｐｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ａ ｄａｗｎ ｈｏｔ ａｉｒ ｂａｌｌｏｏｎ ｒｉｄｅ ｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｇａｍｅ ｒｅｓｅｒｖｅ, ｂｕｔ ｔｈｉｓ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｈａｖｅ ｃｏｓｔ ａ ｓｍａｌｌ ｆｏｒｔｕｎｅ. Ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ, Ｉ ｏｐｔｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｃａｍｐｉｎｇ ｔｒｉｐ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｃｏｓｔ ｏｎｌｙ ＵＳ$100 ｔｏｔａｌ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｗｈｏｌｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｈｒｅｅ ｄａｙｓ. Ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｓｈｏｐｐｅｄ ｄｕｒｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋ ａｎｄ ｂｒｏｕｇｈｔ ｍｙｓｅｌｆ ａ Ｓａｆａｒｉ Ｊａｃｋｅｔ ａｎｄ Ｓａｆａｒｉ Ｈａｔ ｓｏ ａｓ ｔｏ ｌｏｏｋ ｔｈｅ ｐａｒｔ (ａｓ ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ ｄｉｄ ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃａｌ ｔｏ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｒｉｇｈｔ ｃｌｏｔｈｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｓｈａｄｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｎ), ｅａｒｌｙ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ Ｓａｔｕｒｄａｙ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ Ｉ ｗａｌｋｅｄ ｄｏｗｎ ｆｒｏｍ ｍｙ ｈｏｔｅｌ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓａｆａｒｉ ｃｏｍｐａｎｙ ａｎｄ ｂｏａｒｄｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｂｕｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｆｉｒｓｔ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ Ｉ ｗｅｎｔ ｔｏ Ａｍｂｏｓｅｌｉ Ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｐａｒｋ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｉｓ 160 ｍｉｌｅｓ (260ｋｍ) ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｃａｐｉｔａｌ, Ｎａｉｒｏｂｉ. Ａｍｂｏｓｅｌｉ ｉｓ ｗｅｌｌ ｋｎｏｗｎ ｆｏｒ ｉｔ'ｓ ｌａｒｇｅ ｈｅｒｄｓ ｏｆ Ｅｌｅｐｈａｎｔｓ ａｎｄ ｉｓ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｗｉｌｄｌｉｆｅ ｖｉｅｗｉｎｇ ｐｌａｃｅｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｌｄ. Ａｓ ｗｅｌｌ ａｓ Ｅｌｅｐｈａｎｔｓ, ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｆｉｎｄ ｉｎ Ａｍｂｏｓｅｌｉ ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ａｎｉｍａｌｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ "Ｂｉｇ Ｆｉｖｅ", Ｌｉｏｎｓ, Ｌｅｏｐａｒｄｓ, Ｒｈｉｎｏｃｅｒｏｓ ａｎｄ Ｂｕｆｆａｌｏ. Ｔｈｅ ｂｕｓ ｗａｓ ａ ｔｙｐｉｃａｌ ｍｉｎｉｂｕｓ, ｗｉｔｈ ｎｏ ａｉｒ ｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ, ｓｔａｎｄａｒｄ ｓｅａｔｓ, ａｎｄ ａ ｌａｒｇｅ ｈｏｌｅ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｏｏｆ ｔｈａｔ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｏｐｅｎｅｄ ｓｏ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｌｏｏｋ ｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ ａｎｄ ｔａｋｅ ｔｈｅ ｂｅｓｔ ｐｈｏｔｏｇｒａｐｈｓ. Ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｐ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ Ｎａｉｒｏｂｉ ｍｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔａｋｅｎ 4 ｏｒ ｍｏｒｅ ｈｏｕｒｓ (ｉｔ'ｓ ｂｅｅｎ ｔｗｅｎｔｙ ｙｅａｒｓ ｓｉｎｃｅ ａｎｄ ｓｏ Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｆｏｒｇｏｔｔｅｎ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｄｅｔａｉｌｓ), ｂｕｔ ｇｉｖｅｎ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｒｏａｄｓ ｗｏｒｓｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｕｒｔｈｅｒ ｙｏｕ ｇｏ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｔｙ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｆａｃｔ ｔｈａｔ ｉｔ ｗａｓ 160 ｍｉｌｅｓ, ｉｔ ｍｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔａｋｅｎ ａｔ ｌｅａｓｔ ｔｈａｔ. Ｔｈｅ ｓｃｅｎｅｒｙ ｗａｓ ｇｒｅａｔ, ａｎｄ ｏｎｌｙ ｇｏｔ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｐ ｗｅｎｔ ｏｎ. Ｔｈｅ ｂｕｓ ｗａｓ ｆａｉｒｌｙ ｆｕｌｌ, ｗｉｔｈ ｍｙｓｅｌｆ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｏｎｌｙ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｐｅｒｓｏｎ ｏｎ ｂｏａｒｄ. Ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｔ ｗｅｒｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ＵＳＡ, Ｃａｎａｄａ, Ａｕｓｔｒａｌｉａ ａｎｄ Ｎｅｗ Ｚｅａｌａｎｄ ｍｏｓｔｌｙ, ｍｏｒｅ ｏｒ ｌｅｓｓ ａｌｌ ｆｒｅｓｈ ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ, ａｎｄ ｔａｋｉｎｇ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｙｅａｒ ｏｆｆ ｔｏ ｓｅｅ ｔｈｅ ｗｏｒｌｄ. Ｓｏ ｗｅ ｈａｄ ａ ｇｏｏｄ ｇｒｏｕｐ ｏｆ ｄｉｖｅｒｓｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｐ. Ａｆｔｅｒ ａ ｃｏｕｐｌｅ ｏｆ ｈｏｕｒｓ ｄｒｉｖｉｎｇ, ｗｅ ｂｅｇａｎ ｏｕｒ ｄｅｓｃｅｎｔ ｄｏｗｎ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｇｒｅａｔ Ａｆｒｉｃａｎ Ｒｉｆｔ Ｖａｌｌｅｙ, ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｆｅａｔｕｒｅｓ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｌｅａｒｎ ａｂｏｕｔ ｉｎ ｇｅｏｇｒａｐｈｙ ｉｎ ｈｉｇｈ ｓｃｈｏｏｌ, ｂｕｔ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｉｍａｇｉｎｅ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｗｉｌｄｅｓｔ ｄｒｅａｍｓ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｅｖｅｒ ｓｅｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｖｉｅｗｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｂｒｅａｔｈｔａｋｉｎｇ ａｓ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｉｍａｇｉｎｅ, ａｎｄ ｗｅ ｓｔｏｐｐｅｄ ｆｏｒ ａ ｂｒｅａｋ ａｎｄ ｔｏ ｓｔｒｅｔｃｈ ｏｕｒ ｌｅｇｓ ａｔ ａ ｓｍａｌｌ ｒｏａｄｓｉｄｅ ｒｅｓｔａｕｒａｎｔ ａｎｄ ｓｏｕｖｅｎｉｒ ｓｈｏｐ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｂｏｔｔｏｍ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｖａｌｌｅｙ. Ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅｒｅ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｐ ｍｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ａ ｇｏｏｄ 2 ｈｏｕｒｓ Ｉ ｉｍａｇｉｎｅ, ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｒｏａｄ ｔｕｒｎｉｎｇ ｉｎｔｏ ａ ｄｉｒｔ ｔｒａｃｋ, ｔｈｅ ｄｕｓｔ ｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｇａｐｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｄｏｏｒｓ ａｔ ｔｉｍｅｓ, ｎｏｔｈｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｂｅ ｓｅｅｎ ｂｕｔ ｖｅｇｅｔａｔｉｏｎ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｏｃｃａｓｉｏｎａｌ ａｎｉｍａｌ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｄｉｓｔａｎｃｅ. Ｗｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｄｅｆｉｎｉｔｅｌｙ ｍｉｌｅｓ ｆｒｏｍ ａｎｙｗｈｅｒｅ! Ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ ｗｅ ａｒｒｉｖｅｄ ａｔ ｏｕｒ ｄｅｓｔｉｎａｔｉｏｎ ｉｎ Ａｍｂｏｓｅｌｉ Ｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｐａｒｋ, ａ ｃａｍｐｓｉｔｅ, ｆｅｎｃｅｄ ｏｆｆ ｔｏ ｋｅｅｐ ｔｈｅ ａｎｉｍａｌｓ ｏｕｔ, ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｌａｒｇｅ ｔｅｎｔ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｅｐａｒａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｆｏｏｄ ａｎｄ ｅａｔｉｎｇ, ａ ｎｕｍｂｅｒ ｏｆ 2 ｍａｎ ｔｅｎｔｓ ｆｏｒ ｓｌｅｅｐｉｎｇ, ａ ｗａｔｅｒ ｂｕｔｔ ｏｎ ａ ｔｏｗｅｒ ｔｈａｔ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ ｏｕｒ ｗａｔｅｒ ｆｏｒ ｗａｓｈｉｎｇ ａｎｄ ｃｏｏｋｉｎｇ, ａｎｄ ａ ｃａｍｐ ｆｉｒｅ ｗｉｔｈ ｌｏｇ ｂｅｎｃｈｅｓ ｔｏ ｓｉｔ ａｒｏｕｎｄ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｗａｓ ｂａｓｉｃａｌｌｙ ｉｔ! Ｎｏ ｅｌｅｃｔｒｉｃｉｔｙ, ｎｏ ｒｕｎｎｉｎｇ ｗａｔｅｒ, ｊｕｓｔ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ ｎａｔｕｒｅ ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｗｏｎｄｅｒｆｕｌ. Ｆｏｒ ｗａｓｈｉｎｇ, ｗｅ ｈａｄ ｈａｌｆ ａ ｄｏｚｅｎ ｐｌａｓｔｉｃ ｗａｓｈ ｂａｓｉｎｓ ｕｎｄｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｗａｔｅｒ ｔｏｗｅｒ, ｗｉｔｈ ｊｕｓｔ ｃｏｌｄ ｗａｔｅｒ ｔｏ ｗａｓｈ ｗｉｔｈ. Ｎｏ ｓｈｏｗｅｒ ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ! Ａｌｌ ｗｅ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｄｏ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ ｗａｓ ｂｒｕｓｈ ｏｕｒ ｔｅｅｔｈ ａｎｄ ｆｒｅｓｈｅｎ ｕｐ. Ｉ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｔｈｉｎｋ ａ ｌｏｔ ｏｆ ｗｏｍｅｎ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｈａｎｄｌｅ ｉｔ ｔｏｏ ｗｅｌｌ, ｂｕｔ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｂａｃｋ-ｐａｃｋｉｎｇ ｄｉｄ ｏｋ. Ｔｈｅ ｔｏｉｌｅｔ ｗａｓ ａｂｏｕｔ 100 ｙａｒｄｓ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｃａｍｐ ｆｉｒｅ ａｒｅａ, ａｎｄ ｗａｓ ａ ｓｍａｌｌ ｗｉｃｋｅｒ ｈｕｔ, ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｂｅｎｃｈ ｉｎｓｉｄｅ, ａｎｄ ａ ｌｏｎｇ ｌｏｎｇ ｄｒｏｐ ｕｎｄｅｒｎｅａｔｈ. Ｎｏ ｌｉｇｈｔｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｃｏｕｒｓｅ, ｕｎｌｅｓｓ ｙｏｕ ｈａｄ ａ ｆｌａｓｈｌｉｇｈｔ, ｓｏ "ｇｏｉｎｇ" ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｉｔ ｇｏｔ ｄａｒｋ ｏｒ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ ｕｎｔｉｌ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ｗａｓ ｗｏｒｔｈ ａｉｍｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ. "Ｔｈｅ ｍｏｓｔ ｓｃａｒｙ ｍｏｍｅｎｔ ｉｎ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｉｆｅ?" ｙｏｕ ａｓｋ. Ｏｈ ｓｏｒｒｙ, Ｉ ｈａｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ ｄｉｇｒｅｓｓｉｎｇ ｓｏｍｅｗｈａｔ, ｂｕｔ Ｉ ｗｉｌｌ ｃｏｍｅ ｔｏ ｉｔ ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｐａｔｉｅｎｔ. Ｍｅａｎｔｉｍｅ, Ｉ ｈｏｐｅ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｅｎｊｏｙｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｙ, ａｓ Ｉ ｔｒｙ (ｖｅｒｙ ｐｏｏｒｌｙ) ｔｏ ｐａｉｎｔ ａ ｍｅｎｔａｌ ｐｉｃｔｕｒｅ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔ ｔｈｅ ｔｒｉｐ ｗａｓ ｌｉｋｅ. Ｈａｖｉｎｇ ａｒｒｉｖｅｄ ａｎｄ ｆｏｕｎｄ ａ ｔｅｎｔ (Ｉ ｗａｓ ｏｎ ｍｙ ｏｗｎ ｆｏｒｔｕｎａｔｅｌｙ/ｕｎｆｏｒｔｕｎａｔｅｌｙ), ｗｅ ｇｏｔ ｔｏ ｔａｋｅ ａｎ ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ ｄｒｉｖｅ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｅｒｖｅ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ ｅａｔ ｄｉｎｎｅｒ, ｔｈｅｎ ｓｉｔ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｃａｍｐ ｆｉｒｅ, ｗｈｅｒｅ ｗｅ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｅａｔ, ａｎｄ ｇｅｔ ｔｏ ｋｎｏｗ ｅａｃｈ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ. Ｗｅ ｈａｄ 4 ｏｒ ｍａｙｂｅ 5 ｄｒｉｖｅｓ ｐｅｒ ｄａｙ ｗｈｉｌｅ Ｉ ｗａｓ ｔｈｅｒｅ, ｂｅｇｉｎｎｉｎｇ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｎ ｃａｍｅ ｕｐ, ｔｏ ｃａｔｃｈ ｔｈｅ ａｎｉｍａｌｓ ｅａｒｌｙ, ｔｈｅｎ ｒｅｔｕｒｎｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｂｒｅａｋｆａｓｔ, ｂａｃｋ ｏｕｔ, ｂａｃｋ ｆｏｒ ｌｕｎｃｈ, ｏｕｔ ａｇａｉｎ, ｄｉｎｎｅｒ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ａｎ ｅｖｅｎｉｎｇ ｔｏｕｒ. Ｉｔ'ｓ ａｌｌ ｓｏ ｖａｇｕｅ ｎｏｗ, ｂｕｔ ｅａｃｈ ｔｒｉｐ ｈａｄ ｉｔ'ｓ ｏｗｎ ｓｐｅｃｉａｌ ｍｅｍｏｒｉｅｓ, ａｎｄ ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｐａｒｋ ｉｓ 151 ｓｑｕａｒｅ ｍｉｌｅｓ ｉｎ ｓｉｚｅ, ｗｅ ｒａｒｅｌｙ ｈａｄ ｔｏ ｃｏｖｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ ｔｒａｉｌ ｔｗｉｃｅ. Ｗｅ ｓａｗ ｐｌｅｎｔｙ ｏｆ Ｅｌｅｐｈａｎｔｓ, ｔｈｅ ｆｕｎｎｉｅｓｔ ｂｅｉｎｇ ａ ｇｒｏｕｐ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｄ ｂｅｅｎ ｉｎ ａ ｒｉｖｅｒ, ａｎｄ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｔｏｐ ｌａｙｅｒ ｗａｓ ｄｒｙ, ｔｈｅ ｍｉｄｄｌｅ ｗａｓ ｄａｍｐ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｌｏｗｅｒ ｐａｒｔ ｗａｓ ｗｅｔ, ｓｏ ｔｈｅｙ ｌｏｏｋｅｄ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｗｅｒｅ ｗｅａｒｉｎｇ 3-ｔｏｎｅｄ ｓｗｅａｔｅｒｓ. Ｗｅ ａｌｓｏ ｓａｗ ｐｌｅｎｔｙ ｏｆ Ｌｉｏｎｓ, Ｈｉｐｐｏｓ, ａ ｐａｉｒ ｏｆ Ｒｈｉｎｏｓ, Ｌｅｏｐａｒｄｓ, Ｇｉｒａｆｆｅｓ, Ｇａｚｅｌｌｅｓ, Ａｎｔｅｌｏｐｅｓ, Ｂｕｆｆａｌｏ, Ｗａｒｔ Ｈｏｇｓ, Ｚｅｂｒａ, Ｈｙｅｎａｓ, ｖａｒｉｏｕｓ ｔｙｐｅｓ ｏｆ Ｍｏｎｋｅｙｓ ａｎｄ Ｂａｂｏｏｎｓ, ａｎｄ ｈｕｎｄｒｅｄｓ ｏｆ Ｗｉｌｄｅｂｅｅｓｔ. Ｕｎｆｏｒｔｕｎａｔｅｌｙ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａ ｆｅｗ ｗｅｅｋｓ ｔｏｏ ｅａｒｌｙ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ａｎｎｕａｌ ｓｔａｍｐｅｄｅ, ｂｕｔ ｗｅ ｄｉｄ ｓｅｅ ｍａｎｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅｍ. Ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｆｕｎｎｉｅｓｔ ｍｏｍｅｎｔｓ ｗａｓ ｗｈｅｎ ｗｅ ｃａｍｅ ａｃｒｏｓｓ ａ ｐａｉｒ ｏｆ Ｒｈｉｎｏ'ｓ ａｎｄ ｉｎｔｅｒｒｕｐｔｅｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｃｏｎｓｕｍｍａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ... ｗｅｌｌ ｙｏｕ ｋｎｏｗ ｗｈａｔ... Ａｓ ｔｈｅ ｍａｌｅ Ｒｈｉｎｏ ｄｉｓｍｏｕｎｔｅｄ, ａ ｖｏｉｃｅ ｗａｓ ｈｅａｒｄ ｔｏ ｓａｙ "Ｈｏｎｅｙ, ｄｉｄ ｔｈｅ ｅａｒｔｈ ｍｏｖｅ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕ?", ａｎｄ ｗｅ ａｌｌ ｆｅｌｌ ａｂｏｕｔ ｌａｕｇｈｉｎｇ. Ｉ ｈａｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｅ ｍｙ ｏｌｄ 35ｍｍ Ｐｅｎｔａｘ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｇｏｏｄ ｚｏｏｍ ｌｅｎｓ, ｐｌｕｓ ｍｙ ｃａｍｃｏｒｄｅｒ, ｂｕｔ ｓａｄｌｙ ａｌｔｈｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ ｐｈｏｔｏｓ ａｎｄ ｖｉｄｅｏ ｗｅｒｅ ｇｒｅａｔ, Ｉ ｄｏｎ'ｔ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅｍ ａｎｙ ｍｏｒｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｈｏｒｉｚｏｎ ｗａｓ ｐｅｒｐｅｔｕａｌｌｙ ｃｌｏｕｄｙ, ｂｕｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｌａｔｅ ａｆｔｅｒｎｏｏｎｓ ｙｏｕ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｓｅｅ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｍｍｉｔ ｏｆ Ｍｏｕｎｔ Ｋｉｌｉｍａｎｊａｒｏ ｗｉｔｈ ｉｔ'ｓ ｓｎｏｗ ｃａｐｐｅｄ ｐｅａｋ, ｒｉｓｉｎｇ ａｂｏｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｃｌｏｕｄｓ. Ａｌｔｈｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｉｓ ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ｉｓ ｉｎ ｎｅｉｇｈｂｏｒｉｎｇ Ｔａｎｚａｎｉａ, ｉｔ ｉｓ ａ ｈｕｇｅ ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ ａｎｄ ｖｅｒｙ ｈｉｇｈ, ｒｉｓｉｎｇ ｏｖｅｒ 19,000 ｆｅｅｔ. Ｉｔ'ｓ ｓｏ ｗｉｄｅ ａｎｄ ｈｉｇｈ, ｔｈａｔ ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ａｔ ｉｔ ａｐｐｅａｒｉｎｇ ａｂｏｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｃｌｏｕｄｓ, ｙｏｕ ｗｅｒｅ ｎｏｔ ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｓｏ ｍｕｃｈ ｈｏｒｉｚｏｎｔａｌｌｙ, ｂｕｔ ｕｐ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ａｉｒ. Ｉｔ ｗａｓ ａｎ ｉｍｐｒｅｓｓｉｖｅ ｓｉｇｈｔ. Ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｍｏｓｔ ａｍａｚｉｎｇ ｓｉｇｈｔ ｗａｓ ａｔ ｎｉｇｈｔ. Ｔｈｅｒｅ ｗａｓ ｎｏ ｍｏｏｎ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ, ａｎｄ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｏｖｅｒ 100 ｍｉｌｅｓ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｎｅａｒｅｓｔ ｔｏｗｎ, ｔｈｅｒｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｎｏ ｍａｎ ｍａｄｅ ｌｉｇｈｔｓ ｔｏ ｄｉｍ ｔｈｅ ｌｉｇｈｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｓｔａｒｓ, ｗｈｉｃｈ ｓｈｏｎｅ ｏｕｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｔｈｏｕｓａｎｄｓ, ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍａｙｂｅ 100 ｏｒ ｓｏ ｔｈａｔ ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｓｅｅ ｗｈｅｎ ｌｉｖｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｔｙ. Ｆｏｒ ｍｅ, ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｓｐｅｎｔ ａｌｍｏｓｔ ａ ｙｅａｒ ｉｎ Ｎｅｗ Ｚｅａｌａｎｄ ｏｎｌｙ ａ ｆｅｗ ｙｅａｒｓ ｂｅｆｏｒｅ, ｓｅｅｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｃｒｏｓｓ ａｇａｉｎ ｗａｓ ａ ｗｏｎｄｅｒｆｕｌ ｓｉｇｈｔ. Ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｈａｖｅ ｎｅｖｅｒ ｓｅｅｎ ｔｈｅ Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｃｒｏｓｓ, ｉｔ ｉｓ ｖｅｒｙ ｅａｓｙ ｔｏ ｓｐｏｔ, ａｎｄ ｈａｓ ｆｏｕｒ ｐｏｉｎｔｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｈａｐｅ ｏｆ ａ ｃｒｏｓｓ, ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｆｉｆｔｈ ｓｔａｒ ｏｆｆ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓｉｄｅ. Ｉｔ ｓｈｉｎｅｓ ｏｕｔ ｓｏ ｂｒｉｇｈｔｌｙ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｈｅｍｉｓｐｈｅｒｅ, ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ'ｔ ｍｉｓｓ ｉｔ. Ｔｏ ｓｅｅ ｗｈａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｃｒｏｓｓ ｌｏｏｋｓ ｌｉｋｅ, ｊｕｓｔ ｌｏｏｋ ａｔ ｔｈｅ ｆｌａｇｓ ｏｆ ｅｉｔｈｅｒ Ａｕｓｔｒａｌｉａ ｏｒ Ｎｅｗ Ｚｅａｌａｎｄ. Ｍｏｎｄａｙ ｍｏｒｎｉｎｇ ｃａｍｅ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｆａｒ ｔｏｏ ｓｏｏｎ, ａｎｄ ｗｅ ｓａｉｄ ｇｏｏｄｂｙｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｃａｍｐ ｓｉｔｅ, ａｎｄ ｈｅａｄｅｄ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ Ｎａｉｒｏｂｉ ｔｈｅ ｗａｙ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ｃａｍｅ, ｗｉｔｈ ｌｏｔｓ ｏｆ ｄｕｓｔ ｂｌｏｗｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｂｕｓ ａｔ ｔｉｍｅｓ, ａｄｄｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｄｉｒｔｙ ｆｅｅｌｉｎｇ ｔｈａｔ ｗｅ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｈａｄ, ａｎｄ ｂｙ ｔｈｅ ｔｉｍｅ ｗｅ ｇｏｔ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｃｉｔｙ ｗｅ ｗｅｒｅ ｅｘｈａｕｓｔｅｄ. Ｉ ｗｅｎｔ ｂａｃｋ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｈｏｔｅｌ, ｈａｄ ａ ｗｏｎｄｅｒｆｕｌ ｓｈｏｗｅｒ, ｗａｓｈｅｄ ｏｆｆ ｈａｌｆ ｔｈｅ ｇａｍｅ ｒｅｓｅｒｖｅ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｄ ａｃｃｕｍｕｌａｔｅｄ ｏｎ ｍｙ ｂｏｄｙ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｓｐｅｎｔ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ ｗｅｅｋ ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ ｈａｒｄ, ａｎｔｉｃｉｐａｔｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ Ｍａｓａｉ Ｍａｒａ Ｒｅｓｅｒｖｅ. Ｏｈ, ｔｈｅ Ｓｃａｒｉｅｓｔ ｍｏｍｅｎｔ! Ｓｏ ｓｏｒｒｙ, ａｎｄ Ｉ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｄｉｄｎ'ｔ ｍｅａｎ ｔｏ ｄｒａｇ ｔｈｉｓ ｏｕｔ ｓｏ ｌｏｎｇ, ｂｕｔ Ｉ ａｍ ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｅｎｊｏｙｉｎｇ ｒｅｌｉｖｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｍｅｍｏｒｉｅｓ, ａｎｄ Ｉ ｈｏｐｅ ｙｏｕ ａｒｅ ｔｏｏ, ｔｒａｖｅｌｉｎｇ ａｌｏｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｅ. Ｉｔ ｆｅｅｌｓ ｔｏ ｍｅ ｔｈｏｕｇｈ, ｔｈａｔ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕ ｔｈｅ ｒｅａｄｅｒ, ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｐａｎｎｉｎｇ ｏｕｔ ｒａｔｈｅｒ ｌｉｋｅ ｏｎｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｏｓｅ ｅｐｉｓｏｄｅｓ ｏｆ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ'ｓ Ｆｕｎｎｉｅｓｔ Ｈｏｍｅ Ｖｉｄｅｏｓ, ｗｈｅｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｓｈｏｗ ｂｅｇｉｎｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅｍ ｓｈｏｗｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ ａ ｓｎｉｐｐｅｔ ｏｆ ｗｈａｔ ｉｓ ｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｕｐ, ａｎｄ ｋｅｅｐｉｎｇ ｏｎ ｄｏｉｎｇ ｔｈｉｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｃｏｍｍｅｒｃｉａｌ ｂｒｅａｋ, ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｎａｌ ｍｉｎｕｔｅ, ｔｈｅｙ ｓｈｏｗ ｉｔ, ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ ｔｈｅｙ ｈａｖｅ ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｓｈｏｗｎ ｓｏ ｍｕｃｈ ｏｆ ｉｔ ｓｏ ｍａｎｙ ｔｉｍｅｓ, ｔｈｅ ｅｎｄｉｎｇ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｗｏｒｔｈ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｔｈｅ ｃａｓｅ ｈｅｒｅ! Ｉ ａｍ ｎｏｔ ｌｅｔｔｉｎｇ ｏｎ ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ ａｂｏｕｔ ｍｙ ｓｃａｒｉｅｓｔ ｍｏｍｅｎｔ, ａｎｄ Ｉ ｃａｎ'ｔ ｉｍａｇｉｎｅ ｒｉｇｈｔ ｎｏｗ ｔｈａｔ ａｎｙｏｎｅ ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｆｏｒｅｓｅｅ ｗｈａｔ ｗａｓ ｓｏ ｓｃａｒｙ. Ｉ ｄｏ ｈｏｗｅｖｅｒ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｈａｓ ｇｏｎｅ ｏｎ ｌｏｎｇ ｅｎｏｕｇｈ, ａｎｄ ｔｏ ｄｒａｇ ｉｔ ｏｕｔ ａｎｙ ｌｏｎｇｅｒ ｗｉｌｌ ｌｏｓｅ ｙｏｕｒ ａｔｔｅｎｔｉｏｎ, ａｎｄ ｓｏ Ｉ ａｍ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｑｕｉｔ, ｈｏｐｅｆｕｌｌｙ ｗｈｉｌｅ ｔｈｅ ｇｏｉｎｇ ｉｓ ｇｏｏｄ, ａｎｄ ｋｅｅｐ ｙｏｕ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ ｎｅｘｔ ｉｎｓｔａｌｌｍｅｎｔ, ｗｈｅｒｅ Ｉ ｐｒｏｍｉｓｅ Ｉ ｗｉｌｌ ｇｅｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｂｊｅｃｔ ｍａｔｔｅｒ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｓｔｏｒｙ. Ｐａｒｔ Ｔｗｏ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ｎｏｗ ｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｅｄ ａｎｄ ｃｏｎｔａｉｎｓ ｔｈｅ ｔｈｒｉｌｌｉｎｇ ｃｏｎｃｌｕｓｉｏｎ. Ｙｏｕ ｃａｎ ｒｅａｄ ｉｔ ＨＥＲＥ |
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