The great elephant encounter of 2011

Oh the wilds of Africa, you can be truly wild... even in a national park where the animals are more or less used to the presence of the herds of safari vehicles passing through.

On a mini safari over Easter weekend my lovely cousin (who came all the way from Denmark to visit me) and I had a bit of an adventure. Not only did our vehicle get stuck off track, 150 m from a few lionesses and their cubs (luckily they had recently killed a zebra and were more than satisfied with that), but we had a close encounter with a grumpy bull elephant. According to our guide, he's looking for some action. Female action that is. And we got right in his way. Word around the park afterwards was that this particular elephant has been terrorizing the females and the staff village inside the park for the last few days.

For your viewing pleasure, our close encounter (which I just happened to be filming). Hold on to your hats, folks!

Mom, Dad, I think this might seem familiar.



And now from something a little less wild...