Even Locals Don't Go There

September 22, 2025

t's not the destination, it's the journey. Sometimes, though, it's the mosquitoes.

“All right! Hand me the tongs, Frank. … We got us a big den of rattlers here.”
As Nyles left the safari club, his stomach suddenly knotted up. Foolishly, he had ignored the warnings not to park his Land Rover in this part of Tanzania.
“Lester! Wake up! Lester! … I think I heard footsteps.”
“Well, so that’s it. ... I thought he was coming up awfully easy.”
CAUTION PIRANHA
“Hold up, Niles. It says here, ‘These little fish have been known to skeletonize a cow in less than two minutes.’... Now there’s a vivid thought!”
“For heaven’s sake, Elroy! Now look where the earth is! … Move over and let me drive!”
“Now remember—roar just as you leap. … These things have some of the greatest expressions.”
SAFARI SEE WILD ANIMALS UP CLOSE!

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