You bet GIRAFFE this is another post and video dedicated to that trip I took to Kenya, Africa.
(The last one…)
RHINO you all think Landon and I had an insanely stimulating and action-packed adventure through THE BUSH that mirrored Simba’s exploits in The Lion King
But I would be LION and feel like a CHEETAH if I said… That was the whole truth.
Now I hope you don’t think I am being HIPPO-critical by admitting this… After sharing our ventures in their entirety with all of you… But I do recall being BOAR-ishly honest in my first update about this trip that bopping around for ten hours a day in a safari truck for seven days straight… Left me (and Landon) feeling like we were going BABOONS!
And perhaps my PUN GAME is making all of you feel rather BABOONS too?
Ha! Okay, okay, I will just get to the point, which might be hard for me, you know, because it’s me… The girl who cannot focus (or sit still) for more than two seconds on just one thing.
THERE. RIGHT THERE!
No, I didn’t spot an aardvark… In my office? (That is actually the one animal we did NOT see on our safari).
What I am pointing out is THE REASON WHY AFRICA WAS NOT MY FAVORITE TRAVEL ADVENTURE to date.
African safaris take… PATIENCE.
And patience… Is a learned behavior, because this attribute for me, yeah, not genetic.
You see, I always need some sort of stimulation… But when you’re in the middle of nowhere… Literally nowhere, sometimes not even a tree in sight, er, um, yeah…
That’s the thing, there is a huge misconception about safaris. People tend to believe that animals are just popping out bellowing LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! TAKE MY PICTURE… But no, animals are NOT like a lot of people in Los Angeles. They’d actually prefer to NOT have followers and fans.
Oh and let’s be real, said people in Los Angeles are nothing like animals in the wild either… They’re not au natural but at all.
https://www.instagram.com/p/78RWhWQYSO/?utm_source=ig_embed&action=save
(I ABHOR EVEN THE THOUGHT OF THESE “WOMEN”… BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ROLE MODELS… BUT THIS INSTAGRAM VIDEO IS THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT A MAJORITY OF WOMEN ARE DOING TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THESE WOMEN ARE DOING IT)
Anywho… Before I wind up offending someone… Let’s get back on that track I said I would stay on… So yeah, I had to cleverly keep myself preoccupied when all the lions, hippos, cheetahs, and leopards were partying (party animals?) together in the bushes.
What resulted was… A list I created on my phone (the only thing I could do on it when out there) of… THIRTEEN (13) reasons WHY YOU SHOULD NOT GO ON (or BE ABLE TO HANDLE) A SAFARI…
(PS: I seem to come off a tad bitchy at the beginning of this video, TOTALLY did not mean to so my apologies! Ha!)
A SAFARI MAY NOT BE FOR YOU IF…
DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE VIDEO… FOR THE OTHER REASONS! WHO KNOWS… YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A-OK WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LIST!
SO TELL ME…
- After watching that video… What do you think? Could you still see yourself going on a safari (if you did before watching)…
- Admit at least ONE THING you cannot live without these days!
- If you could take one animal from Africa home, which would you take and why?
- Ladies, how long does it take you to “get ready”?
- Early bird or night owl?
- PLEASE tell me you detest the Kardashians
as much as I do?!
- Do you have an attention span of say DORY
from Finding Nemo
, like me?
And… THAT IS A WRAP on my AFRICA POSTS (unless for some reason I go again?)… But if you have any questions, comments, or need advice, feel free to email me! And if you want to go on a safari in Kenya after all of this… STAY AT KICHECHE CAMPS! Seriously! You will thank me after!