Where are we today? Heading toward "Null Island"
I'm still trying to catch up on our adventures before we come to our next port -- Takadori, Ghana. While at Thanda, we went on six game drives. We happened across two different lion kills in 24 hours. Our guide had never seen two that close. One was a lioness who had borne three cubs. When she tried to return to the pride with her cubs, she was rejected as the pride didn't want that many extra mouths to feed. So, she is essentially a singe mother raising three nearly grown boys, who are already sparring with each other, and a girl. Whew! The second feeding we saw was the full pride. We found them in a stupor early one morning after they had feasted the night before. A couple of young ones yawned and stretched and went back for a snack before taking another nap. Here are some of the other animals we saw at Thanda. We saw kudus, like those in the above photo, frequently. Once, we happened along when two were strutting. The...