South Africa: Lions, Rhinos, Sunflowers, and Tours

A wounded lioness just looks like a large, sad cat.

A field of sunflowers in full bloom doesn’t look like a bunch of flowers as much as it does a carpet of brown flecked with gold.

And the sky, without a light for miles, looks like a blanket of stars.

In Africa, I’ve seen things I will never see again.

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On our second day of our sojourn to a game reserve, we saw lions in the shade, giraffes from a distance, and rhinos intent on charging.

Later, I watched Bollywood movies and Disney Channel imports. We had another braai. I ate pap.

It was difficult to live up to the first three hours of the day.

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The tour of Pretoria’s historical district that we took today was not boring in the traditional sense.

It transcended that.

And it’s not as if the things involved weren’t interesting: The Voortrekker Monument had a lot of cool art from the period, and the houses we visited were lifted directly from their periods.

But the tour was like being spoon-fed information. And none of us were kindergarteners.