Kissed by a Giraffe ;)

Thursday was a bit of a day off but it was definantly an exciting day for everyone. We started the day at The David Shedlrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage. We got to see about 20 orphaned elephants. It was super neat, as they talked about the orphanage and each of the elephants, the elephants were just wondering around sometimes getting close enough to the sides so we could touch them. The orphanage is only open one hour a day because they want to limit the human contact the elephants have so they can eventually release them back into the wild. It was pretty cool because on the way in we drove past a bunch baboons and wart hogs (they were like Pumbas).
After that we went to the Giraffe Centre. It was the coolest thing. We went up onto a platform where we were eye level with the giraffes. We got to feed them out of our hands, pet them and best of all kiss them. It was pretty frightening at first, to put food in your mouth and get a giraffe to eat it but after the first time everyone loved it and all kissed the giraffes several times. We also got to learn a bit about all the different kinds of giraffes. One time of giraffe grows to 6 meters tall.
Then we went to Matbronze. We were given a tour and got to see how they make each bronze thing. Sandy purchases necklaces from Matbronze and it was really interesting to see how they were made. It takes 6 weeks to make each item.
We went to a little shop called the Love Bird Curio Shop next. It was a very nice souvenir shop with many things that we hadn't seen anywhere else.
Unfortunately, Sally was still unwell on Thursday and was unable to join us. But today when she was feeling better Sally did get to go to the Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Centre.
It was a really fun day and I am sure none of us will ever forget the day we kissed a giraffe.
Sandra :)