Welcome to Cape Town everybody.

Today was fun. Not amazingly great, but good. Just like Grandpa Michael's sense of humor. So anyway...  This morning started off with a big bang. Literally, at 6:00 this morning. Sarah went to the bathroom and came back and "BAM" she hit the door dividing our room from our parents room. She woke me up, because I was the only one sleeping. After, we drove to King Shaka Int'l Airport. We got there WAY to early, or in my mom's case, just in time. We ate a good hardy lunch with the 2 and 1/2 hour we had to waste. The flight was quick and easy. Just the way I like it. We landed in Cape Town, and got greeted by Jenny's dad and brother-in-law. They had 2 cars. An old dirty white Isuzu truck, or a very nice, very snazzy black Mercedes. Guess which one I chose (no prizes, I know, I know, it's a heartbreak). We then got there, we ate, and now I'm in the Granny flat, a small flat next to their pool, blogging to you from half way across the world.

I got the results on that Google thing, didn't get any answers ( I just really didn't want to Google)

Benny

WARNING: It's Illegal to Drive Giraffes, Zebras, and Sunscreen Ninjas in this Vicinity

Yesterday:
1 nap, 3 game drives. Good enough. Ok.. Ok.. I'll tell you if you stop begging. We woke up at 5:30. It was just because we want to. Actually, we went on a safari, if you want to call it that. Te guide apparently woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He yelled at us because we walked in e dark, he was saying "camp only fenced for Elephants, not small animals" like a lion is small " and that we don't want kids to come face to face with a lion. You parents would run away and leave the kids behind". This dude thinks that I would not run as fast ad my little feet could take me if I saw a lion 10 feet away from me. Thus guy definitely does not know me. So afterwards on the safari we saw a lot of giraffes, and zebras. Later, we went on 2 other game drives. One we saw buffalo for the first time, and also hyenas for the first time. The other one was not to successful, but we don't need to go into that. 

So while we where Braai-ing, a hyena showed up and my mom almost jumped out of her pants. She yelped and pushed all the kids into the kitchen that had 2 enforced doors. I was laughing how scared my mom was, I was scared to, but definitely not like that.

So anyway, last night my mom woke up at 2:00 and heard notices outside. She got her bag and pulled out the mini tubes of sunscreen. She started throwing them in the corner where the sound was coming from. We now call her "Mom, The Sunscreen Ninja, Scarer of Hyenas, Killer of Sunscreens, and Defender of the Safari Tent" I laughed when I heard about it.

Today: 

We started by driving to find a new place to stay. We found a place, but it was at a fork in the road. We chose the left side. Apparently my good lucky left side ended not being so lucky for others. It turned out to be a one way track leading to nowhere and since we have a trailer, we couldn't back up, so we had to get up and out of the car, so the dads could manually do it. On the way down, we saw a sign at the fork that said it was illegal to turn that way, but apparently the dads were to busy getting us lost to have noticed. 

So at this place we decided to stay, and we've been chilling all day long. We went for supper at a place called The Clay Pot. It was good, and I got some more Hake that I always want. hake is a fish that you can't get in the U.S. So now I'm lying on my parents bed, blogging to you from half way across the world.

(I've run out of things to say in different languages, so yore gonna have to bear with me hear, it's not like I can Google it.......

Wait........

Be right back....

Gotta find nearest computer.....)

Bye

Rambo, the Elephant With a Soccer Ball as a Kid

Today.... Wow....... We started by packing up and eating. Then, we went to an Elephant Encounter. There were 3 elephants that came. Rambo, the dad, Rachel the mom, and Jabulani, the baby. We learned about them, then got to "Encounter" them. Hence the Elephant 'Encounter'. For Rambo we got to put food in his trunk, feel his trunk, touch his belly, legs, and behind his ears, and got to put food on his tongue. I was so much fun, but quite disgusting. It felt like putting your hand into... Well..... And Elephant's mouth. And forRachel, we just got to put food in her trunk because she is still protecting Jabulani. Jabulani is named after the World Cup soccer ball because she was born in 2010. After, we drove.... And ate........ And drove, and now were in the bush. We're staying in Safari Tents, which are literally 2 or 3 beds and a bathroom, and a small hut next to it for food. Everything had a lock on it, every container, and the door has 1 lock, and one of those doors you put over a store after it's closed. They have all these locks because monkeys are a mucho problemo. Now, I'm sitting in between our 2 huts, blogging to you from half way across the world. 

See Ya Partner

(Cowboy) 

(It's not the same as Taggert because Taggert is so dumb he gets his own language)

Benny

The Genealogy of Sea Sickness

Today I learned a lot of things. That the bottom a a whale's tale is like a fingerprint. Never the same, and that seasickness is a gene, and it looked like it got passed down to me. What are you asking me? I can't hear you from half way across the world. What? Ok..ok.. I'll explain it to you. 

Today we started off with a 3 hour whale watchers boat tour. It was absolutely amazing. Whales were coming in and out of the water, and water coming out of the blowholes.  For the first 1:30 minutes it was absolutely stupendous, but then I learned the 2nd thing. I made the fateful decision to go look on the top deck. I was up there for less than a minute, and I got seasick. I ended up throwing up and feeding the fishes. I then just laid down and moaned. It felt horrible. After the ride, I got on the sand, picked it up, stared at it like it was god or the meaning in life, then threw it up in the air and played around in it

Like it was the best thing ever. I bent down and kissed the ground I was so happy. 

After, I ate my body weight/weight of puke in food, we went on a hippo tour. It was on a river, so I was fine. It was actually nice, and we saw something that you don't see, we saw a wild leopard. It was amazing. Absolutely stunning. 

After we came back and ate, now I'm sitting by the fire and blogging to you about the The Genealogy of Sea Sickness.

Blllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeecccccccccchhhhhhhhhh 

(Puke)

Benny

Driving The Zulu Rhino's

Today was driving and watching. First, we drove, and I watched movies. Very detailed start, isn't it? I bet you're wondering what movies I'm watching. I've watched Fast and Furious (1 &5), Die Hard, Die Harder, Die Hard With a Vengeance, and Die Hard 4.0. Very good movies. We also saw 2 big black rhinos moving across the street. It was amazing because its not likely were going to be that close again. 

Anyway..... We went to a place called Hluhluwe (pronounced: Who Knows?!?!). It's very pretty. So after driving we came and ate lunch. This is our first time going to a not self catering hotel. The food is actually good. We then went on to a Zulu village where we saw how Zulus lived a long time ago, and we drank Zulu beer (which in my case tastes better that regular beer...... Not that I've drank any..........), and saw a Zulu dance. Now, I've just topped off my desert of ice cream and I'm sitting on a bench, under the stars, blogging to your from half way around the world. 

Hamba Gathle

(Zulu)

Benny

The Walk to the Giraffes

I will tell this story as a Chinese restaurant owner; hopefully i wont offend anyone.  Add accents wherever and whenever.  Sorry. No connection to wifi. No able to blog. You want sweet an sour sauce with that? Yesterday. All driving, and driving and no miso soup.   We ate at Spur, Texas style in Dundee.  We are staying at this national park called Ithala.  It is in the hills and we can walk here because there are no lions.

 Today: wake up and eat, but not egg rolls. Then, go meet private guide, Jeremiah, but he did not have a good name like yours truly, Mr. Wong . Next, drive to hike and hike for 3 hours, but hike no end in Chinese restaurant, that be better. See vilderbeast (English: wilder beast), Impala, Reebok, Wort Hogs, and James II. James 1, scary little kid that follow around Ben for 4 days. James II followed where ever went people.   James II is a single male blue vilderbeast that followed us on our hike.  jeremiah said wilderbeast love to watch people and are very curious.  james II STAYED about 500 meters in front of us and then would turn around and watch us.  He would hide behind bush and stick his head out to spy on us.  We named him James II after the other little stalker boy.

After. They eat. But not good, because not from "Mr. Wong's Chinese Emporium."  We now bring health and food grade up to F-!!" After. Go on game drive and see Giraffes, Zebras, and all other animals named before, and half of them on sale at Mr. Wong's Chinese Emporium!! They very good with duck sauce and Chop Sueey. After they take lot of pictures, they go eat food, but not my famous Fried Rice. After they chill. Now they blog.

Your Fortune Cookie
Bring Laughter and Farts (I'm looking at you Grandpa Michael)
Lucky Words: Ben is Awesome (if you say that in front of me, I might let you live........)

Benny

The Slow Monkey

Today was a nice day. I heard that the weather's bad in Chi-town, but its still good because the Blackhawks won the STANLEY CUP!!!!!!!!!!!! My life has meaning again!!!!! 

So anyway... Today was a good day. The weather was nice, like around 75 degrees, and sunny. We started off with horseback riding, which was fun, but been there, done that. If you are not familiar about what I'm talking about, then read my Utah blogs. It was nice, but I got stuck with the slowest horse in the group. He was slow and hard to get moving, so he kind of reminded me of Grandpa Michael. It was funny, because Sarah's horse's name described her absolutely perfectly. The horse's name was Bin Laden. After, we ate and and sat outside and tried and succeeded in finding monkeys. We were given the choice to go on a 4 hour hike or hang around and play chess and badminton, so I asked myself "What would Grandpa Michael do?" So I decided to stay and chill. We played lawn bowling, and badminton, and went to check out the aviary. We then just came back and ate supper, and if you don't know what 'supper' means, then shame on you for not paying attention to what my dad says.  We're now just chilling in our huge (and for us, too fancy) chalet. 

 See Ya, Y'all

(Taggert)

(Blazing Saddles)

(Watch it)

Benny