April 2

On Thursday we continued our drive towards Addo Elephant Park after we ate breakfast at a local museum/restaurant in Knysna. The drive was very long, but extremely beautiful because we spent the entire drive along the Indian Ocean. Our tour guides Pierre and Antoinette loved to joke with us about the fact that the Indian Ocean looks different than the Atlantic. We arrived at Addo early enough to have the chance to take a short safari into the wild life park. The park was full of wild animals who were placed into the secured area in order to avoid poachers. Within minutes of entering the park we saw a number of Kudu (huge deer) and a bunch of Elephants. We were lucky enough to see two elephants fighting, which was pretty amazing. It got very intense and I did not feel comfortable being so close to them. But, it was a great experience and I got some great pics of the entire thing. When we got back from our safari we had a brai (BBQ). Pierre, Jeff, and I had some fun conversations while we were braiing the food. He is a great guy to talk to, our conversation ranged from politics to American Idol to Baywatch.