Thursday and Friday: SAFARI(:

Once again, when we were getting ready to leave for the safari, it was so unreal that the trip was already coming to a close. In some ways it felt like we had just gotten there, but in others it felt like I had lived there for years.
It was a long long drive to Amboseli, and the last 30 mins were down a long dusty dirt and gravel road, which our driver called the "African massage." When we finally got there, I definitely felt like a tourist. It was a nice little resort type place in the middle of the nature with tall grass and plants everywhere. They greeted us with steamy towels for our face and fresh mango juice, then we went to our tents. Never in a million years did I think I would stay in a tent with a shower and flushing toilet, but I guess there's a first time for everything. The tent was small, but comfortable, and Ashley and I each had our own bed with a mosquito net. It's crazy that the one time over the whole two weeks when we actually had a dependable hot shower was in a TENT on a safari!
We went on one game drive that night before dark, and another at 6:30 in the morning. On the first one we saw a bunch of zebras, 4 lions, 2 cheetahs, giraffes, and some elephants in the distance. The following morning we got reeeaally close to a herd of elephants that was crossing the road when we first got out there, and another herd on the way out. It was so amazing seeing them in their natural habitat instead of the zoo or the circus. The next day we saw a herd of elephants up close as soon as we got out there, and another when we were leaving. We saw a water buffalo, some hippos a bunch of birds and more giraffes and zebras. The whole timeI kept thinking "my mom would LOVE this" so heads up mom, next time you're coming to Kenya with me(:
It went by really fast, but it was a perfect way to end the trip(: