Caught your attention with the title, didn’t I? Well it’s true – to a certain extent. On my first experience to a game reserve in South Africa I was nearly attacked by a lion. Today’s tale was originally posted (on my old blog) on July 9th, 2007 after my first stay at a game reserve. Here’s what happened…
Our game reserve was located in Limpopo, which was about 3 hours from our hotel. It was in rural South Africa. Game reserves are a growing form of tourism for the country. In our case, the reserve was a former tobacco farm. As the price of tobacco dropped, the farmers were challenged with earning a profit. Instead, the land was converted into a game reserve.
So began my adventure at Jazzin’ at the Shedd at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Aquariums are great, I have one in my home. Whenever I’m traveling and the city has an aquarium, I try my hardest to stop by and visit it. I can’t pinpoint when this fascination began. It might have been the summer I worked at the New England Aquarium in Boston, or the snorkeling trips I took on family vacations in the Caribbean. Whatever the reason, aquariums are cool. How could they be any better? Add a little Jazz music.
That’s Manta, the newest coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. It also happened to be our first stop Saturday night on an adventure at the aquatic-themed theme park here in Central Florida. Unlike most traditional coasters where riders are in a seated position, Manta rotates riders so that they are lying face down, as if they were flying – or gliding – through the water like a Manta Ray. It was terrifyingly awesome. Through the inversions, twists and descents, there was nothing beneath me to catch me should I fall. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience here in Orlando. Check it out!
I’ve travelled to a lot of zoos. But By far, the St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, MO is the best. After checking into my hotel, I walked to the zoo, about 1.4 miles. Along the way I stopped at the Turtle Playground in Forest Park. The playground has giant sculptures of turtles; Turtles you can climb, turtles you can crawl into and turtles everywhere for photo opportunities like this one.
There are lots of reasons why the St. Louis Zoo is so wonderful.
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I’ve travelled to a lot of zoos. But By far, the 