Today was a carefree, sun-drenched day spent with the kids and their friends at Zambia's "zoo," Munda Wanga. Don't let the word "zoo" fool you. It's basically a huge piece of property partitioned off with glorified chicken wire, to keep the animals from hunting the humans. The pictures aren't so great because I had to compete with the wire, which was advertised as electric...but the power goes out often, so who knows.
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| Warthog. Yeah, not pretty. |
There was a smattering of all different kinds of African animals here--giraffe, warthog, ostrich, camels, goats, baboons, crocodiles, a cheetah, and of course the lions.
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| The kids were fascinated by the owl. This one had it's head turned completely around, so you are actually seeing it's back. We were close enough that we could see the owl blink and noticed 2 sets of eyelids that opened and closed at different speeds. For some reason I didn't picture owls to be part of the African landscape. |
We stayed all day to get a chance to see the lions being fed. It was a pretty big thrill for the kids to be so close to the lions and watch them gobble their prey. It was hard for me to get pics because of the fence, but this picture show a lioness lapping water (just like a cat) only 2 feet away from us.
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| This lioness was as tall as Micah |
Seeing the animals and walking through the botanical gardens was really satisfying, but the highlight of the day was seeing all 5 kids have so much fun together.
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| Micah, Maude, Holly, Brian, and Leonard holding their locust pod sword atop the botanical garden bridge. |
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