Marie has visited the lodge several times already, and she is probably the biggest fan one can imagine (and a personal friend of mine). She even worked several weeks here, to help out last year.
She is staying with us again, right now.
Well, this morning, when out on safari, they had a bit of an … interesting encounter with our big boy elephant.
Here in her own words (ie. don’t blame me, I didn’t do it!):
“On this morning’s game drive we decided to try and track down some elephants. Having spotted one lone male munching away merrily on the local flora we were even more privileged to see some mummies and babies. Cameras clicked and lots of oohs and aahs were exclaimed. A very successful sighting we all agreed.
After the family had wandered off in the dense bush we moved a little further down. Stopping suddenly we were confronted by another bull elephant who was obviously feeling rather amorous! Our driver, Togara, pointed out that he was probably a very frustrated and unhappy elephant. He was in must, which you could see dripping from his mouth, and was proudly showing off his goods for all the world to see.
OMG! Oh my! Whoah! These were the initial reactions from my fellow guests, followed by some sniggering and a few comments in the style of toilet humour that us Brits love so well. One lady commented that she had never seen one so big, to which her husband exclaimed “yes you have, every day!” I was just thinking how lucky I am not to be a lady elephant!
I wonder if the poor fellow realises that his manhood – or elephanthood – was going to be the star of the morning? We were all impressed, even if his intended lady friends were not. Fingers crossed me meets a nice young lass very soon……”
So here the pictures to prove this saucy sighting … Not for the shy souls …
