After a delightful breakfast at Ten Bompas (Poached eggs!), Ben and I headed back to the airport. At the Johannesburg airport we met up with a few from our group and we all headed out to Livingstone. The flight was short and fine. But man! Immigration was terrible!!
We were at the back of the plane, so we were some of the last in line. There were three desks open. Every single transaction lasted no fewer than 5 minutes. So obviously, the line was very slow. Kevin and Ashley had been near the front. We thought about joining them in line, but figured everyone would get mad at us. So we stayed in the back. And waited. And waited. It was terrible.
Finally we got our stamps and visas, and were on our way. Kevin and Ashley wisely made their way to the hotel without us. Luckily, we still had a driver waiting for us. He got our bags loaded up and brought us to the Royal Livingstone Hotel. It was beautiful! But because we had gotten held up so long at immigration, we didn't have much time to enjoy our surroundings. We got our room, dropped our bags and loaded up!
Our first group activity was to go to an elephant experience. We were able to feed, pet and look at elephants. Elephants are huge!! I didn't fully appreciate their size until I was standing next to one. After that we had a very lovely high tea.
We made our way back to the hotel. And... their were zebras outside our room! Just wandering around, munching on grass. It was so cool to be close to them. While fairly tame (they live on the property so they are used to humans) they are still wild animals. A guy was standing around making sure we didn't get too close.
For dinner we were off in golf carts to a private dinner on the far side of the property. We were greeted by singers, dancers and drummers. They had a huge spread of meats and vegetables. And grubs. A whole big bowl full of them. Somehow my table all decided to give them a try. Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I was still choking and gagging it down.
After dinner a few of us got up and danced with the dancers. I'm sure we were pretty entertaining! After a bit, we headed back to our resort. A few of us stayed up and had a drink, but none of us lasted too long after a busy day and an early day ahead of us.
We were at the back of the plane, so we were some of the last in line. There were three desks open. Every single transaction lasted no fewer than 5 minutes. So obviously, the line was very slow. Kevin and Ashley had been near the front. We thought about joining them in line, but figured everyone would get mad at us. So we stayed in the back. And waited. And waited. It was terrible.
Finally we got our stamps and visas, and were on our way. Kevin and Ashley wisely made their way to the hotel without us. Luckily, we still had a driver waiting for us. He got our bags loaded up and brought us to the Royal Livingstone Hotel. It was beautiful! But because we had gotten held up so long at immigration, we didn't have much time to enjoy our surroundings. We got our room, dropped our bags and loaded up!
Our first group activity was to go to an elephant experience. We were able to feed, pet and look at elephants. Elephants are huge!! I didn't fully appreciate their size until I was standing next to one. After that we had a very lovely high tea.
We made our way back to the hotel. And... their were zebras outside our room! Just wandering around, munching on grass. It was so cool to be close to them. While fairly tame (they live on the property so they are used to humans) they are still wild animals. A guy was standing around making sure we didn't get too close.
After dinner a few of us got up and danced with the dancers. I'm sure we were pretty entertaining! After a bit, we headed back to our resort. A few of us stayed up and had a drink, but none of us lasted too long after a busy day and an early day ahead of us.
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