tenth year of teaching

Chapter 149 Masai Mara
They stayed at Ashnil Mara Camp at night. Most of the hotels on the grassland are in the form of camps.Many Europeans and Americans flew over directly and chose a place where they could camp to set up their own tents and enjoy the most primitive life.Of course, Chinese people are much more conservative, so Dabei chose a relatively comfortable hotel-style Camp for this trip.

After some exchanges at the front desk, the two took the keys and walked through the quiet path to a white tent house.The high rolled curtains around the house make the interior well-lit and ventilated. The red wooden floor and various characteristic sculptures fill the interior, giving it a unique African cultural atmosphere.

There is only one double bed in the house, surrounded by white gauze, simple but dreamy.In early summer, I lay on my back on the soft big bed, escaping the fatigue caused by the long journey.Dabei put down his luggage and saw her lazing on the bed, so he jumped up to her with a sly smile.

Chu Xia was startled and scolded with a smile: "I'm crushed to death, get up quickly."

Dabei felt the better body of the young girl under him, reached out and grabbed the two hands on his chest, pulled them apart and pressed them, and lowered his head.

Below the camp is the Mara River, and the long calls of hippopotamuses echo through the valley from time to time.The sun shone lazily, and an unknown yellow-bellied bird landed lightly on the floor outside the house, jumped around in a circle, and then flew away.

Chu Xia changed into comfortable clothes, took a book and sat on the round rattan sofa outside the tent.The breeze in the valley blew her long hair away, and the birds in the forest chirped from time to time. Everything was quiet and beautiful.After washing up, Dabei sat next to her, took out the book in her hand, and pointed to a rock wall on the other side of the river for her to look at.All the while, the little gazelle was climbing up the steep rock wall, twisting its body flexibly and jumping away.

The sky was getting dark, and Dabei took Chuxia away to find something to eat.The restaurant is completely open-air, and the bonfire on the white sand has been lit. There is a circle of European and American people drinking and chatting on the white sofas.Two black men in red clothes stood lazily by the fence, waiting for the next part of the performance.

Dabei ordered two steaks and salads, paired with red wine, and the two chatted while eating.After a while, the performance began. A bunch of black people wearing weird costumes shuttled between the tables of the dining guests. They danced ancient African dances and made some weird noises.

Before dawn the next day, Mark knocked on the door and asked the two of them to go see the animals. The hotel had arranged a separate accommodation area for the driver.In early summer, Haqie was pulled up by Dabei, put on a thick coat, and a group of off-road vehicles walked through the night into the depths of the grassland.

When the sky turns white and the red sun rises from the horizon, the vast prairie exudes the desolate and vast beauty.The two stood for a long time facing the rising sun. The shock of early summer brought by the primitive beauty of the African savanna will remain in their memories forever.Staying away from the hustle and bustle of the city and seeing the original beauty can truly open your mind and embrace nature.

In such a huge grassland, you often have to run a few hills before you see a few open-top off-road vehicles driven by tour guides from the local Maasai tribe.When the convoy passes by, the black people will show their white teeth and say hello in a high voice.

Suddenly a little fox will pop out on the side of the road. It will look at the car curiously and then turn around and walk away proudly.In the distance, under the morning light, there are wildebeest carcasses left by lions. Hyenas gnaw around the carcasses in groups, and hungry vultures surround the carcasses outside.

Mark called out: "Look, Panther."

Under the morning sun, a leopard with beautiful curves jumped off the rock and walked gracefully on the grassland.

"Panthers are easier to find, and what is hard to see on the grassland is the cheetah." Mark has the intuition of a black hunter, and he leads two people through the grassland.Sure enough, a cheetah was found in a jungle. This kind of leopard is smaller than the cheetah on the grassland, but it is more flexible and good at camouflage, so it is difficult to encounter.

A circle of cars gathered under the tree, and Europeans and Americans were taking pictures with cannons.The leopard lies on the branch sleeping with its belly up and down, completely unaffected by others.

"Tourists on the African grasslands will keep a certain distance from the animals under the guidance of black people and generally will not disturb them, so the animals are used to it." Dabei explained.

As the car continued to drive deeper, a black cloud floated in the sky, and a male lion lay sleeping on the grassland under the setting sun.

"Male lions are solitary. Unless they have their own pride, a pride can only have one male lion and about four or five female lions." Just as he was talking, two female lions appeared on the roadside. All potbellied.

"It's a pity that we didn't see the lions hunting today." Dabei said to Chuxia after chatting with Mark for a while.

The car drove onto a high ground with many dead trees on the roadside. Mark stopped the car gently and gestured towards Dabei.Dabei rolled down the window, pointed at a weed and said, "Look, little lion."

A yellow figure flashed among the yellow dead branches. After a while, a chubby little lion came out and stumbled towards the car, looking at everyone ignorantly and curiously.Chu Xia quickly grabbed the camera and took a few photos. It seemed to be frightened by the sound of the shutter. It stood there for a while, tilted its head and clucked its not-yet-grown teeth. Then it twisted its chubby little butt and went back to look for its brothers and sisters. went.

Mark and the two discussed watching wildebeests crossing the river. Chu Xia was very excited. Can he really see real footage from the animal world?

Dabei laughed, "It may not be possible to see it. Wildebeests are very timid, and a little movement can scare them. Sometimes you may not be able to see the scene of crossing the river after watching for a few days. Let's just try it out, luck If it’s good, you can see it.”

Several tour buses of local tribal guides were squatting by the river. A large herd of wildebeest could be vaguely seen in the dense forest on the other side of the river. Beside the bus, a few wildebeests that had crossed the river earlier were reluctant to leave, calling out to their peers on the other side. .At first, Chu Xia was very excited to watch the wildebeest rushing down the slope from time to time, but as soon as the leading wildebeest reached the river, he would turn around and go back. After five or six attempts, he never actually crossed the river.

Only then did Chu Xia understand what Dabei meant. This must be a certain level of cowardice.In early summer, I was a little bored. I saw a little girl with yellow hair and white skin in the car next to her. She looked about four or five years old. She was also very bored and grabbed her parents to leave.The seven or eight-year-old brother sitting next to her reached out and hugged her, slowly coaxing her. The two of them talked and laughed while waiting for the wildebeest to cross the river.

She couldn't help but notice. Dabei put his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear: "Let's have one when we go back." Chu Xia blushed and spat at him, making Dabei burst into laughter.

Mark stopped his car at this time, and the cars around him quickly started to turn around and start speeding.Chu Xia quickly looked out the window. It turned out that the wildebeests had really crossed the river this time. A group of wildebeests kept jumping into the water and swimming hard towards the other side. The current was very fast, and the smaller ones were washed downstream by the water. .

The river boiled instantly, and the crocodile quickly bit a wildebeest and began to roll over. The wildebeest that escaped the crocodile and swam to the other side was exhausted and could not climb up the rocks on the shore, and continued to be swept away by the water. Downstream, the wails were drowned overhead.

The car galloped to the first wildebeest that washed up on the shore. A large number of wildebeests behind them rushed ashore in groups, raising waves of loess.The pictures on TV are really shown around you, which is very thrilling.

The short vacation is over, and the primitive, wild and beautiful grassland is deeply rooted in the heart of early summer.

(End of this chapter)