On Saturday my dad took the family to the Safari.  The monkeys were gone, which is just as well as people’s car rubber parts kept getting dismantled by the cheeky monkeys.  It reminded me of a time (years ago) when I popped the car window open, offered a Hoola Hoop to a monkey on the car top but the little bugger took the whole packet. Haha.

Mind my last visit was several years ago but I don’t remember having to stop and start so often around the wildlife area.  Seems strange having traffic lights but it is understandable as there are more animals who are free to walk about.

Things I learned:

• Goat are happy enough to eat from your hands but don’t appreciate straying hands, which may veer towards their head or, more dangerously, their horns.  That is a no go.
• Rhinos need not be provoked to “charge” at you.  A rhino stepped closer to our car, almost angry, until one of the keepers nudged the it away with the front of her car.  It was quite funny, rhino vs Kia.
• Animals in general seem to like facing backwards so you can’t get a nice picture of them.  The backside isn’t what we pay to see.
• African Wild Dogs have a strange fascination with car exhaust pipes.
• My camera is slow, so front shots which I had hoped for turned into side shots.   Unfortunately my camera missed the rhino face to face with us.  Twice.

Photo goodness after the cut.   Animal naming fail ahead.