This past weekend, I went to Nazinga National Park with a few other short-termers - Ben, Magdalena and Hannah (as seen in the picture below) - along with a small mission's team from New Zealand. The Nazinga reserve is one of the best places in Burkina Faso to see wild animals like elephants, antelope, baboons, hyenas, crocodiles, etc...











We hired a chauffer to take us to the reserve... and UNsurprisingly, we had a few car troubles. On our way there, about an hour into our trip, we noticed smoke coming out of the steering column (which is never a really good sign)... so we pulled over and our driver worked his magic and soon we were back on the road. The next morning, the battery of our SUV died... so, reminiscent of Little Miss Sunshine, we had to push the car to get it moving, start the car, and then jump in.











When we got there on Saturday, we went on a tour of the park around dusk to try to spot some animals. Ben and I rode on the back of the SUV... which was alright, except for the fact that we got incredibly, incredibly dirty from all the dust that our SUV left behind...



















We took another tour at dawn the next day and we saw a lot of elephants, baboons, antelopes, deer-type of animals, tons of birds, etc... but the most amazing sight was right by our camp. As we were coming back that morning, herds of elephant were making their way through our camp towards the water hole that was nearby. We were literally 10m away from them! It was amazing!