Ok, here's the thing: I know that the pictures I took while I was on safari are pretty much exactly like the pictures taken by everyone else who has ever been on safari with a pocket camera. However, they are my pictures so that means that I find them infinitely cooler. I have included a sampling below. Enjoy!
Hippos are totally lazy. The most excitement to be found at the hippo pond was one bored baby hippo rolling around in the water and one fairly bored looking male hippo doing a half-assed job of trying to get on a lady or two. Side note, the ladies were not having it.
One thing that I did notice while on safari was that almost all of my thinking about African animals stems from either The Lion King or Madagascar (one and two). Disney made warthogs very likeable and, I'll be honest, when I saw them in real life they were just as awesome.
Monkeys are sneaky. If you'll notice, I got my close-up picture at the lunch spot. It's because they love nothing more than to steal food. The whole time we were eating our poor guide was throwing rocks to keep them away.
Baboons, on the other hand, are much less devious. They like to hangout and play on cars and eat bugs off each other. What's better than that?
Zebras. Are. Awesome. This picture shows one of my favorite things about them. They just really love to cuddle with each other. Under a tree, in a field, in the middle of the road... it doesn't matter where they are, they will nuzzle up with one another. Also, baby zebras have fuzzy brown fur instead of black. Just thought you'd like to know.
That's me in our sweet ride after a dirty day of safari-ing. One reason I like this picture is because I look tan. In reality I was just really really dirty.
Baby elephants are the best.
After lions eat they are very lazy. Notice the mostly eaten carcass on the right and the full lions panting in the sun. One thing I learned on this trip is that you should not get too close to lion food until you're sure the lions are finished with it. There was a spotted hyena who hadn't gotten the memo and paid dearly for his transgression. (Back to The Lion King... as it turns out Simba is just Swahili for lion. I was sort of disappointed to learn that the king of all lions was just named Lion.)
Giraffe! One of the most amazing things I saw on safari was a single giraffe running full speed through a big field... they are incredibly graceful.
Hippos are totally lazy. The most excitement to be found at the hippo pond was one bored baby hippo rolling around in the water and one fairly bored looking male hippo doing a half-assed job of trying to get on a lady or two. Side note, the ladies were not having it. 
One thing that I did notice while on safari was that almost all of my thinking about African animals stems from either The Lion King or Madagascar (one and two). Disney made warthogs very likeable and, I'll be honest, when I saw them in real life they were just as awesome.
Monkeys are sneaky. If you'll notice, I got my close-up picture at the lunch spot. It's because they love nothing more than to steal food. The whole time we were eating our poor guide was throwing rocks to keep them away.
Baboons, on the other hand, are much less devious. They like to hangout and play on cars and eat bugs off each other. What's better than that?
Zebras. Are. Awesome. This picture shows one of my favorite things about them. They just really love to cuddle with each other. Under a tree, in a field, in the middle of the road... it doesn't matter where they are, they will nuzzle up with one another. Also, baby zebras have fuzzy brown fur instead of black. Just thought you'd like to know.
That's me in our sweet ride after a dirty day of safari-ing. One reason I like this picture is because I look tan. In reality I was just really really dirty.
Baby elephants are the best.
After lions eat they are very lazy. Notice the mostly eaten carcass on the right and the full lions panting in the sun. One thing I learned on this trip is that you should not get too close to lion food until you're sure the lions are finished with it. There was a spotted hyena who hadn't gotten the memo and paid dearly for his transgression. (Back to The Lion King... as it turns out Simba is just Swahili for lion. I was sort of disappointed to learn that the king of all lions was just named Lion.)
Giraffe! One of the most amazing things I saw on safari was a single giraffe running full speed through a big field... they are incredibly graceful.
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