Jon

 
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 I have just got a trip free to Africa off the ground WHAT LUCK! It said I can go to five different countries for 15 days. I’m probably going too Niger, Gabon, Tanzania, Morocco, and Madagascar.

**__Visit to Madagascar__**

 * Day 1**

We had to fly to Madagascar because it is a island off the coast of Africa. It is actually the fourth largest island in the world. Once we were about to land a storm formed under us so we could not land. So there I was in the air bored to death. Finally the storm cleared and we could land. But once we landed there was about two inches of water on the ground! It was pretty funny because everyone had to carry their bags on their heads. I got my bags and headed for my hotel and went to bed because it was like 11:00 PM in the U.S. but it was around 3:00 PM there and I had jet lag.




 * Day 2**

I woke up to someone knocking on my door. I went to the door and opened it to find my guide at the door. He told me it was time to go. I grabbed my clothes and put them on and we were off. I was surprised to see we were driving in a brand new jeep. I was headed to the ocean to go fishing. Once we got there I saw this gigantic yacht in the dock. We climed aboard and took off. There were about 50 people aboard the yacht that were all fishing too. I had just thrown out my line and realized I forgot to buckle my self in. It felt like someone threw me toward the front of the boat. I hit the wall of the boat and almost let go of my rod but once I got my balance I reeled the fish in. It was a 9 foot swordfish! That was the biggest fish I had ever caught. We saw a lot of commercial fishing boats gathering shellfish. The guide told us that it was one of the main exports of Madagascar. He also pointed out an oil rig and said that was a big business too.

The rest of the day I did not catch anything but some sea weed. It was fun but I was tired so we headed back to the dock where everyone got off. I decided to head back to the hotel to go swimming. I went to bed that night and I slept like a rock.


 * Day 3**

Again I woke up to hear someone knocking on the door and it was my guide again teling me to get ready to go. I was so tired from the sea air the day before I never heard my alarm go off. I grabbed some clothes and headed out the door. We took the jeep to to the rain forest. We got out and it was HOT! To get in there we had to cut through vines and bushes with long knives. On our way through I saw many different types of snakes, birds, apes and even lemurs! The guide showed me where people used to live. On our way we got stuck in thorns and had to hack our way out. Once we got to the jeep we blasted the AC. We got to the hotel at midnight and went to bed because of our flight being the next day.



**__Visit to Niger__**
Day 1

Today I had to wake up very early to get to my flight downtown. I just got there in time to make it on my flight - it was just about to take off. Once I landed in Niger I was greeted by a new guide for this trip. We grabbed all of my stuff and took off. We stopped in the middle of nowhere and he got out and started setting up the tent. I thought there was a hotel or something, but no, we got a tent. First we went to the safari to see some animals. Once we got the there there were two lions fighting. It was pretty cool to see but half way through one saw us and started at us. But right before it got to us the other lion tackled it then we started to run for our lives. As we wre running back to our tent we saw an elephant, snakes, deer, and more lions. We stopped running after about ten minutes. It was getting very dark so we headed back to our tent. The tent was pretty cool instead of hot.



Day 2

I got up to some scratching noise on the tent. I got up to see what it was and I found a small animal there. Once it saw me it just stared at me than ran off. So after that little event I went out of the tent and looked around. After a little while my guide got up and we went to go see more wildlife. As we were walking around something ran right in front of us. This thing was huge it just ran right in front of us and into the wide open and stopped. We took a good look at it and saw it was a giraffe! It was about 24ft tall. I had never seen one before except in pictures. We stood there for a few minutes then it ran off again. It was bout 4:30 as were as we came to a village. We went in it to find there was no one was there. It was totally empty. The guide said that was one of the oldest civilzation in Niger. I took a look around to see if there was any thing to see in the houses. After I took a look around we went back to the tent to go to bed. The tent was a two hour walk. But on the way there we did not see any thing diffrent but the same animals we saw the day before. Once we got there we went right back to bed.



Day 3

My guide woke me up this morning. As we were walking along a path I stared to hear a loud roar. We are walking and suddenly a man came up to us and said he was going to go white water rafting! I saw a raft with four other people in it. We hopped in and it was an adventure! At one point I thought I was going to die because of a rock we were around one to two feet from hitting the rock. We hit a rock thought we were about three feet in the air and it was the longest two seconds of my life it was so scary. The rest was just waves and bumps. In all it was very fun. We went to the hotel comply soaked!



Gabon

Day 1

After the flight I was dead tired and could barely walk. So I found a hotel to spend the night.

Day 2

I got up and got dressed and went out the door to find my guide at the door. He took me to a nether savannah to go hunting. We set up be hide a bush that was kind of tall but wide. We used a M-19 rifle. He told me it had a big kick to it but I did not believe him. We waited for about four an half hours. We sat there all day and saw nothing but some rabbit, squirrels, and wild dogs. So we headed back to the hotel to go to bed.

Day 3

We got up around 7AM to go hunting again to see if we can find anything to kill. As soon as we got there we started to set up in a different spot to see if we could find a different types of animals. We sat there for about four an half hours. Then suddenly a lion jumped from the bushes and started to walk around. I pulled up my gun and aimed at its heart. I took the shot when it just stop and held still. It was a direct hit. I flue back about two feet. We got up and started at the lion to see if it was still alive. It wasn’t. I was so excited it was my first lion I have ever shot! It took us forever to hall the lion to the truck. Once we got it in we took off. We headed for a shop to that would take its head and pelt off. After we got that thing done we went to the hotel. We slept well that night.

Day 1

After the flight I got off and took a bus to a gas station to meet my guide there. He came about two hours later. I was so board just sitting there. The ride was very long. Once we stopped we were at a mountain. My guide said that it was called mount Kilimanjaro. He said that we were going to clime the mountain. But he said for we would not have to climb back down a helicopter would come and get us. I have never climbed a mountain be for it sucked. As we were climbing I fell and got a huge scar on my leg. But I got back up and kept on going. It was getting dark so we set up camp at that spot. As sun was going down the landscape looked really cool. With all of the animals walking and some crawling around. Over all that day was not my favorite but it had some adventure.



Day 2

I got up by my guide and as soon as we were direst we left to go higher on the mountain. Right before we left my guide handed me a pistol. I did not ask any questions so we just left. As we were climbing something started to move in the bushes once that happed we froze in our spots and wait for the thing to leave. After a two minuets it just stopped. Then suddenly it jumped out of the bushes. It was a coyote! My guild pulled out his pistol and shot it. It died the first shot. We kept on going spite of that incident. It started to get cooler and cooler. So we decided to stop and set up camp again. I did not sleep very well because of the cooled.



Day 3

Today I got up before my guide did so I woke him up and got dressed. We packed up camp and left to get to the top. As we were walking a deer came up from the one of the paths. It just stood there than ran off. We there were no other trouble on the way up to the top. Once we got to the top there was a great view. But we had to sit up there on top of the mountain for four hours! When the helicopter got there we hopped in and buckled. It only took us an hour to get done to the bottom. The climb felt like a total waste. It took us three days to get to the top, and it took us an hour to get to the bottom.

Morocco

Day 1

Once we got there we were amazed at the view form the air port. The air port was on top of high hill. The side of the hill was cover in lights that looked so cool and my guide told me we came at right time. Because it was night time. So we headed to the hotel and went to bed.

Day 2

We woke up at about 12 PM and got drest. We went to a town to see if we could learn any thing about the myne people. We on our way we stopped at an run down village. The village was very interesting and so meny things to see. There was pots and woven baskets for along time ago. We startedto the next village to see what was going on there. The place was filled with alot of people! There was about a market every three feet and the place was huge. On our way around we saw a store with many diffrent artifacts on the wall. The hole experce was fun and learning. The hole day was very fun an very trying to go through. So we headed back to the hotel.

Day 3

On the plane ride home I saw eight different countrys and 11 different states. Once I landed my mom came to pick me up and take me home. I hade liked the entire trip and could of hade more fun.

And I still got to keep that lion pelt, a nd head!