Monday, August 07, 2006

Allison Bit the Bullet and Had the Bush Pig

This weekend we went on "vacation" upcountry to Tendaba Camp. We stayed in little huts that had 2 rooms each and there was an outdoor restaurant and bar. Not a 4 star hotel by any means but fabulous in so many ways. It was right on the Gambia River and we took a guided boat tour to see the crocs and monkeys ("crocs" in Africa does not mean brightly coloured plastic shoes :) The restaurant there hunts its own wild pig - the "bush pig". On our second night Allison decided she was ordering the bush pig but the rest of us opted out (I did try it though!). So we've almost finished our meal when Allison says "Ouch! My tooth!". She takes a hard piece of something out of her mouth and puts it on her plate. It's a bullet! Hahahahaha. She actually got the bullet that killed the bush pig in her meal. What are the chances??? Funny stuff.

Total cost for our weekend away: $50 Cdn.
What we got for our 50 bucks:
-2 nights in a thatch-roofed hut with our own bathroom & shower
-Buffet breakfast with bread, cheese, homemade mango jam and ham (what else?), tea and coffee
-Two huge lunches and two huge dinners with non-alcoholic drinks
-A 2.5 hr guided boat tour with crocodile & monkey sightings
-Enough liquor for a very fun night and enough bottled water to keep us hydrated
-A room and meals for our NSGA driver

Not too shabby eh?

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