Rain in Africa

We do bless the rains down in Africa, that is for sure!

I first intended to write about our first days as proper guides in the Kruger National Park, but as I am writing the rain is absolutely pounding on the canvas roof of our safari “tent” (the ones with a couple of wooden walls, structure and floor, but wrapped in khaki coloured canvas – just to get that safari feeling to it). It is a nice tent and all, but against the wrath of mother nature, or Thor (or whichever god of thunder and rain you prefer), it is severely lacking, leaking as it is through three of the canvas walls and forming a small stream over the floor in a north-southerly direction. I have moved the furniture, our books and the rest of our stuff to the middle of the room where there actually is a dry patch large enough.

Outside the sky is constantly lit up by lightning, one bolt rapidly followed by another. The relentless thunder (thanks Thor, that is quite enough now!) makes the wooden frame shake violently and Anja is out on a full day game drive in Kruger with three Brazilian guests. So Thor, if you are reading this and you still feel the need to be throwing lightning bolts around, please don’t aim them at her. I am sure you can find someone else… I can even make a few suggestions.

/J