The alarm call was at 5 am, yes that is sometime in the morning, that only milkmen (do they still have them ?) and various public service workers know so well. For me a 5-star hotel living man of many suits it is very very early. Luckily my oomph (https://the-oomph.com/) was in overdrive and caffeine duly injected I set on my way to meet the others in the reception area …. only to find that with me arriving all the Brits were on parade in time, and not a Frenchman to be seen! BTW we are slowly getting used to the Brexit jokes, and we sit at one end of the table while “they” sit at the other end. So far Agincourt has not been mentioned and its a shame that we will not be with the French on the 24th, so I could give my eve of St Crispins Day speech (Henry V – Speech – Eve of Saint Crispin’s Day)I trust I remember the date correctly otherwise a certain History teacher will be giving me a hard time, won’t you Emma?.
Once the Europeans decide to turn up, we go down to the river, the guide hands me life jacket which he jokingly calls a crocodile protection device.
We set off in two canoes. After 10 minutes we saw a crocodile, I thought the guide was joking when he handed me my life jacket now I know that they are both made out of the same material “plastic” I swear that croc was plastic, this croc never moved, I have seen croc shoes move faster. Another 15 minutes and there were two triangles sticking out of the water, Rhino ears, yeah I thought and then this beast stood up… yes its a Rhino ! and it’s not plastic.
So there she was up close to Rhino as we drifted with the current downstream, to land some 20 minutes later and what was waiting for us …. a safari breakfast on the banks of the river!
After this is was “SHOWER TIME” now we all know the French have a love of food, and a particular vegetable or is it a herb or a spice … well, its a member of the lily family so is it a flower? … whatever the French love it and come on, all us Brits have said this once in our lives … “go take a shower” I have to put a caveat in here, all these guys are really nice and this is just the sort of humour we can all appreciate as we are of a certain age when a joke was a joke, so you liberals on your high horse (please don’t fall off, its a long way down and you may hurt yourself 🙂 ).
So two of the group (French) were sent to have shower time with elephants …… I really should have sung “Un elephant, ca trompe enormenment“
anyway here are the results ……
The Afternoon we all went on an elephant ride, where we saw Mr Rhino again, followed by a dip in the pool and plenty of drinks….
The pool … a nice dip was in order, without the help of the elephants.