We set off from camp after breakfast and being two girls let free from clients, we were in high spirits with the wind whipping through our hair and not a care in the world. We immediately started jabbering away as we trundled down the first stretch of the road which was fairly dense bush, but easy going as you just let the vehicle steer its way down the ruts of thick Kalahari sand.
We were half way down the track of thick sand before hitting the harder calcrete road, when Leanne pointed and shouted “Lion!” I immediately stopped and being the intrepid photographer, grabbed my camera and started taking photos. I wanted to reverse a bit to take some better shots without bush interrupting my vision. I carried on snapping away and Leanne oohed and aahed about what a beautiful specimen he was. When I finally decided that I was happy with the pictures I had got, I put my camera down and decided to take a look around to see if there were any other lions around, only to discover that there was a female lying right next to the road. We had passed her going north, and then reversed passed her and now had to go past her again to carry on our trip! When all this sunk in we became decidedly terrified of having to drive past her again. We sat around for a bit on the baking hot African sun waiting to see if she would move – but as luck would have it she decided she was perfectly happy with the spot she was in. So we held our breaths and put foot down, kept our eyes forward and took off as fast as our little landie would go in the thick sand.
After that, we decided we had better be a little more vigilant about looking out for game, whilst carrying on with our girlie chats.
