It was beautiful. Majestic. Powerful. Even a little scary at points.
Seeing dawn color the sky over the Nile was amazing. The decision to ride on the top of the van on the luggage rack was a carefully balanced dichotomy of genius and stupidity.
It was that glorious, wind blowing in your hair, "I'm king of the world" kind of moment. Also, I've also never identified more with a windshield. And let me just say that a metal grate on a bumpy road is no lazy boy. I have yet to address the wisdom of our decision to put ourselves on an elevated platter for the animals - a veritable smorgous board of American grade white meat. A few moments of very real fear occurred within that context.
But a couple of hours is enough. This is especially true when combined with the 2 hour Nile cruise (think small boat, not Carnival) from the day before which added hippos and alligators to the wildlife roster. Also, there was also a cool waterfall. Still, I don't think I'm a go-on-safari-for-a-month kind of girl. While I loved our day in the wild, that box is checked. A very cool check, but checked nonetheless.
In sum:
Gorgeous day.
Beautiful creation.
Cool animals.
Zero deaths.
I'd call that a successful rendezvous with nature.
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