Lions and tigers and horses,ohmy!

This is going tobe a bit tricky as the spacebar on thiscomputer isnot the most effective. I figured I'dgivemy three readers a bitof a challenge!

After yesterday's full day of bus riding and freezing, we spent the night in a very coolhostel that became quitelively afterour dinner of bobotie and rice. Just to prove the "it's a small world" theory, yet again, there was a guy staying at our hostel who was riding his motorcycle allaround africa and he's actually heard the story ofPeter's friend Sam hitting akid. It was quite funny to hear him telling a story I already knew,and wepieced it together by thematching sum of $1500 and the "one phonecall." He'd heard thestory through some other travellers...so,Peter, if you are reading this, you're a tish bit famous.

After sleeping with about 3layers ofclothing on, we wokeuptoquite a nice day andmade our way through someof themost beautiful scenery I have ever seen,ending upat a hot springs and horse ranch, where I wenton an hourlong horse ride. Sitting down is going to an interesting effort for the next few days! Then we moved on toasmallwildlife breeding and conservation park,where I got topet some young tiger cubs! They were cute,but don't worryMerlin, you aremy number one cat. Iam now at anotherlovely hostel, using their computer after a delish dinner of ostrich steak. Apparently I will have the chance to ride an ostrichtomorrow, which doesn'tsound likemy ideaof agood time. Tonight we alsogotsome salad, which is a nice change from the usual dinnerof tonsofmeat and some bread. I may avoid scurvy after all!

OK, this computer is driving me bananas.More tomorrow.