This morning, we woke up early to go see if we could see the lions in the park. After driving for a little over an hour, we left and did not see any. The guides said that the lions have not been spotted for 3 days. We wondered why were weren’t seeing the lions even after driving off road in the grasslands, hoping we would spook them and make them move. When we asked Jarded, our driver why weren’t seeing any, we learned that 11 of the lions were recently killed by the community members. I guess lions had killed some of their cows and in order to “fight back” the community members poisoned the lions, which killed them. Learning this broke my heart. I know that the community has to protect their farm animals in order to provide food for their families, but to kill 11 lions is a big deal. On our way out of the park, we were able to quickly stop at the tourist craft shops. Lunch took a while and I didn’t end up eating much because my fish was under cooked. However, we got an ICECREAM bar, so I can’t complain too much. We then reached Lake Bunyoni where we started us by canoeing. Let me simplify this portion for you, our canoe SUCKED at it and pretty much spun in the lake the entire time. At first it was frustrating, but our canoe group ended up laughing about it and enjoyed the time we had to admire the beautiful islands, lake, and the many establishments built lake side. Lake Bunyoni is the deepest lake in the world but among the safest because there are no hippos or crocodiles. Our rooms at this resort are the nicest rooms I have ever stayed in. Chelsea and I were rooming for the night and all we could think about is how amazing we were going to sleep. We all gathered for dinner and then finished out the nights for a drink or two (or 5ish). I truly think we have an amazing group for this trip. Everyone gets along, and we are always able to laugh and have fun together. Cathorall- good luck getting a better group than this one. Tooting our own horns- we are pretty darn awesome! In fact, we’ve already been planning a reunion.
Traveling with Mica 