Coconuts

Today we went to Lake Manyara Park. We saw a lot more animals than the first time we went to Manyara last session; I hope that's a good omen for the rest of the trip. I'm exhausted right now and my stomach hurts so I'm not going to go into details but there wasn't a lot of new or super exciting stuff. We were asking about the palm trees so Joseph, the driver, got out of the car and grabbed on of the nuts for us. Everyone was like "oh no! What are you doing? Don't get eaten!" I kept the nut so i can open it later and see what its like. Later we saw an eagle owl which is a large owl with pink eye lids. That was really cool. We also saw a young elephant who wasn't very good with his trunk. He kept trying to pull up grass but it wasn't working so he'd use his foot to kick the grass loose as he pulled and then eat it. It was very smart of him. I'm really excited for tomorrow. We're going to Manyara in the morning, to pizza point for lunch and then to the orphanage to volunteer and help them paint in the afternoon. And it's my birthday! I'm so excited that we have a good schedule for my birthday!