This past weekend was amazing! Absolutely incredible. We left Friday morning to Hluhluwe Umfalozi Game Reserve which was about four hours away from African Enterprise. Once we got there we got into our game vehicles and drove around till five. Friday was not the best day. I was pretty tired and we didn't see many animals. Saturday was a different story. We left our super nice tent cabins at 4:45am and drove until 5pm. It was a long day of sitting but the fact that we were in the African Savannah where there are lions and elephants just running around made it worth it. I was definitely surprised by terrain. I was expecting flat grasslands but it was very hilly and beautiful especially when the sun was rising. Saturday we didn't see all to many animals either but it was a good day nonetheless. One scary thing was that there were hyena just running around our camp so it was pretty sketchy walking around which us boys did. Sunday was the best day by far. I had such an awesome safari guide, Steph, who was super knowledgeable and cool. We woke up early Sunday and right away we saw so many animals. There are many white rhino in the park but finding a black rhino is really rare and we happened to see one super close. That was really cool. We finally saw our lions. There was a pack of nine or so lions just chillin. It was so cool to see them up close. The most amazing thing happened as we were leaving the park though. We were about 1km from the exit when Max asked randomly if there is any animals in this park(it was funny because we hadn't seen anything for about an hour) so our guid said 'ya lets just look', so we stopped on the side of the road and literally a couple seconds later we saw an elephant coming out of a tree. Then more elephants approached us and next thing we knew there was about 15 elephant, including three baby elephant, who crossed the road right behind us. It was quite a sight because 10 giraffe also came out and crossed the road at the same time. It was unreal and I thank God for answering our call as we were leaving. It just really uplifted the mood of everyone here and this week has been great so far because of it. I know that this will not be my last safari.

Week 5

One more week of class! It sounds so crazy but its true. This past weekend our group split and half went on the Safari while our half stayed a night in a Zulu homestead. The night was so awesome, one of the best experiences so far. We got to stay in a hut and eat some traditional Zulu food. When we first arrived we toured the homestead and learned about some of the Zulu culture. We got to see how they make their hut floor out of cow poop and how they dance. We drank Zulu beer and had the best meat I have ever had in my life. It was such a great weekend. Tomorrow we are going on a safari. Ya that's right.

Week 4

We are done with our fourth week of class. It's going by so fast! This has been a great week though(unlike Cupertino's with the shooting and Steve Job's passing). We had a toga party a week ago which was super fun and this weekend I am going to stay a night at a Zulu village. The group of people that we have here is amazing. There is great community and I feel like I am getting to know more people on a deeper level. Today I saw finally saw zebra in the reserve right next door!!It made my week.