Ruth and John’s holiday is coming to an end soon, so we are
making the most of the time left. We
were up early this morning and decided to go to Makasutu, a wildlife park and
eco lodge holiday resort just up the river from where we live. We set off
after breakfast through Brikama and arrived at the park late
morning. We were given a guide,
Benedict, and set off to walk through the forest, bird watching on the
way. We arrived at a new café area where
a swimming pool has been built and the boarding area for the boat to go through
the mangrove swamps. We had arrived at
low tide, and so the boat ride was a shorter one than normal as the sand banks
prevented us going all the way round. We
spotted several monkeys and lots of different birds before returning to the
bank. A cold drink was called for and then a walk further into the forest,
where we met a troop of baboons making their way along the forest paths. Lots of photographs later we returned to the
meeting place and got into the car to visit the palm wine tapper area, where a
man demonstrated the art of climbing a palm tree barefoot to tap into the
flowers to get the palm wine which is non alcoholic when collected, but very
soon ferments into a lethal brew! All
our visit over we returned to the Kololi area where we had a Lebanese meal and
then at last the ice cream! Home for the
evening and a film.
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