Wild Africa

Well, I have some interesting things to tell you about.

Yesterday, Mylon and I went for a jog with another teacher here.  And we saw a few cool things :)

First, I almost stepped on a grasshopper which was about 4 inches long.  It was huge.

Then, when we were more in a hiking-type trail, we saw a huge lizard. Possibly a Monitor lizard.  I'd say it was about 3 feet long, but we didn't see the whole thing, so it's hard to say really.  They are pretty fast.  Here's what they look like:

Then, as we were jogging up a huge hill, Mylon saw a huge black snake in the ditch.  The other teacher with us said it was a Black mamba, but I'm not convinced.

Then, when we were walking home in the evening, after dark, about 5 minutes after I said I was glad i wasn't  a night watchman, we found out there was a lion in are area, within a few miles maybe.  Apparently it has been tracked from the Congo. It has been killing cattle and goats on it's way and it is currently being hunted. Crazyyy