Friday, Mar 17. Another tough day to choose photos. A morning viewing drive that featured lions and birds, then an afternoon boat ride that featured birds and hippos. In the evening we had another troupe doing a Zulu wedding dance that looked painful and tiring. They moved way too fast for any action photo, but I got a nice still photo. At dinner we bid farewell to our bus driver who returns to Johannesburg tomorrow. I bought a cake. The staff made a big deal of it, dancing and singing as they presented the cake. Tomorrow we fly to Port Elizabeth, which is no longer called Port Elizabeth. Its new name is literally unpronounceable by me. Gqeberha, where the āGā is pronounced with a clicking sound.
I never thought a hippo had a similar face to a monkey but that photo of the hippo hiding under some leaves looked like a monkey giving a thumbs up. I’ll never look at hippos the same again!