I'm alive!!

This is the first time been able to access the internet since arriving in Africa. To say that the last few days have been incredibly exhausting and exhaustingly incredible would be an understatement. This post will be quick since we're meeting for dinner in a little bit. I spent the first couple of days in Johannesburg and nearby Soweto, touring Nelson Mandela's house and seeing very, very poor squatter towns juxtaposed next to upscale shopping malls. Very interesting combination. Then we took a flight and traveled to the Chobe Safari Lodge along the Chobe River for the next couple of days and got to see some incredible sights. Two boat cruises and one safari ride later, I've seen herds of elephant and water buffalo, been within five feet of a giant Nile crocodile, seen impala, kudu, sable, giraffes, a beautiful leopard, lions, and had our tiny motorboat charged at by a huge hippo. My dad went on a morning safari and saw a pack of lions kill a baby elephant not too far from their truck. Needless to say, it's been an incredible trip so far. Hopefully pictures will come later as soon as I can figure out exactly how much our limited internet can handle. Right now I'm writing this from the Victoria Falls Hotel, so hopefully a post can come later tonight or tomorrow on the magnificent falls. Tomorrow we're going on a helicopter ride over the falls, so hopefully I can get some good video footage of it. Maybe most miraculously of all is the fact that I don't have a single mosquito bite yet. More to come!