Archive for January 15th, 2001
Day 12
Skinning warthogs again in the morning.
I visited Buffalo Camp later in the morning, a luxurious tourist lodge for safari-hunters with a lot of cash. I think in years to come, I would like to return to the Northern Province, and stay in that lodge.
Since it was overcast today and not so hot, I went for a walk in the bush near where Tyse lives. That was really cool, I hadn’t properly explored the bush on foot before.
On foot is definitely the way to do it, because you get so much more of an experience out of it. You can hear every noise, and spot every detail like animal tracks, strange plants and insects. And catching a glimpse of larger animals through overhanging branches or between some bushes, like a giraffe, or some vervet monkeys, is a really special feeling. You really feel like you are experiencing things on their terms, you really feel like you are the same as them - just another animal in the wild. I got a spooky feeling of doing what our ancient ancestors did when they hunted game in the wild African savanna.
Although, to be fair, I did have a bit of twenty-first century technology with me - or rather, Tyse did - in the form of a hunting rifle slung across his back. A necessary safetly precaution when you go wandering around in big five territory!