Tuesday, 5 March 2013

An aside . . .


    
Julie felt I should share this . . . . 
Note the series of pictures.  I decided after a couple of days at Pezulu that perhaps people could see us changing as they walked past on one of the dirt roads behind us so I decided to roll down the blind.  I untied the string and let the blind drop.  What happened next was chaos and pandemonium . . . . (Lana, you will relate to this, it was a true Jurassic Park moment).  As the blind quickly unraveled a body fell out of it and splatted on the floor directly at my feet.  I have cat-like reflexes that kicked in at that precise moment, however people with cat-like reflexes should always check their surrounding first.  My reflexes kicked in, I let out a scream and turned to run, not realizing just how close the tree branch was. I came to a sudden stop and also nearly landed on the floor right beside the stupid lizard!  I negotiated the tree after the initial collision and ran to see Julie.  At this point I realized the absurdity of it all and was laughing hysterically (overload of adrenaline).  I did my best to paint the whole picture for Julie and must have been fairly successful because she peed a little . . . . . the joys of the African bush!

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