those were the best days of my life

Today was mainly spent travelling towards Bekopaka, the closest village to the National Park of Bemaraha. The road is essentially a long dirt road with lots of ups and downs and twists and turns so the 4 x 4 definitely helped!

We stopped at a small village where I had lots of fun playing with some of the children. We exchanged games, danced around a bit and generally messed about....all without speaking more than 5 words in each other's language. I guess laughter is universal.

Just before leaving, this gentleman approached me and asked me if I could take his photograph as he wanted to see himself. It was the first time an adult had asked me to have their picture taken so I was a bit surprised. His smile when he saw his reflection, however, was that of a child! Beaming :)

Once we arrived in the campsite, we pitched our tents and then spent the afternoon playing Scrabble in 3 differnet languages. Fun times :)