May 2
Location: Moremi Game Reserve
We are on the safari and have just built our tent and noticed that there are zebras just strolling through our backyard.  It is so amazing.  We had lunch alongside hippos and crocodiles.  The whole theme of the safari is just observing and learning about the animals while keeping a safe distance.  As long as we are in the car we are safe, which is why we are not allowed to leave the car.   Which is fine with me.

May 3
Location: Moremi
Our routine here is to wake up at dawn before 5am – which is okay because we sleep at 9:30pm.  Yesterday we saw a lion herd up close while they finished off a buffalo carcass and when they were done, they laid around and groomed each other, rolling on their bellies and eyeing us lazily.

It rained all night with startling lightening and thunder and so many animal noises – impalas, lions, elephants and zebras.  I am so excited (and scared), I can’t sleep.

Later…
We are now hanging out watching a leopard nap.  It just rolled over, I could stare at it forever.  Like the lions, she exudes laziness and grace simultaneously.  It is amazing to just stay in one place and stare at such beauty.

May 4
Location: Stuck in mud puddle – Moremi
Last night after dinner we were hanging around the campfire when MT – the guide (who was AMAZING) heard something.  At first he thought it was cats at a distance.  A little later, he shone his flashlight at the bushes 10 meters away and there were two sets of eyes staring intently at us.  Basically, he told us in a calm but serious voice to calmly get into our tents – NOW! So we did.  Turned out it was just hyenas.  Great – that makes me feel better.

MT is a great guide.  He can track animals from quite a distance, and can even smell them before we see them.  He is a great resource of information of everything from the stars to the wild plants.