Maria 
12-10-2001

             It was the second of August and my parents decided to go to visit the Kruger National Park. We decided to go when my cousin and her boyfriend were coming and also when my older sister was coming, because unfortunately she is living in Italy. She is studying archeology at the university of Venice.
             We left home at about 9:00am in the morning and immidiatly we took my kitten to my friend’s house. The trip was really boring because we spent a lot of hours (5 hours) sitting on the car but fortunately my father took a small bus, that we could stay comfortable during the jorney.
             Fortunately at 14.30pm we arrived at the gate of Kruger Park but because ours bedroom was on the south of the park, we stayed 3 hours in the car. During our trip to our bungalow we saw a lot of animal: elephants, giraffes, impalas and a lot of different animals. During this trip I was the only one that was taking notes about all the things that we were doing. The first two days we stayed at a camp called: SATARA, and the last two days we stayed in another camp called: MOPANI. 
            The second and the third days we didn’t see a lot of animals, only elephants, giraffes and impalas, and I think it was the weather. The third day we went for a bush braai. 
              The appointment was at 18.30pm and we were going in the open car, naturally with a guaid. It was wonderful, but also a little bit scary because you couldn’t know what animals was near you or behind you. In a short time it became dark and also for this it was really scary. But at the end we saw an elephant, croccodilles and hippo. We spent two hours before arriving at the braai.
There were a few people working and cooking for us. I really spent a wonderful night feeling that (maybe) some leopard was standing on a tree on top of me.
             The last day was wonderful because we saw all the animals that we didn’t see in the others days: haina, lion and some other animals that we saw the first days.
            These days, in my opinion, were wonderful and I liked to stay in the small house call bungalow because I was always with my sister, the older one Gaia because I could speak with her about all the things that happens to me.
            When we got back home we were a little sad because the holiday end and everybody was going back home to Italy and school was starting.