fh_trips | Singita Boulders Lodge, South Africa, Wednesday [Morning and Early Afternoon]

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fall break 2012: kruger park & seychelle

Singita Boulders Lodge, South Africa, Wednesday [Morning and Early Afternoon]

Good morning, Fandomites! It was another beautiful morning with a temperature of 23C/74F, and while it was going to be partly cloudy later in the day, it was still going to be a lovely 35C/95F.

Better make the most of your last day in South Africa, people!

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Each suite comes with a private, heated swimming pool, a double-sided fireplace, a private lounge, and a game-viewing deck. Yes, the animals come close enough to see from your rooms. No, you can't feed your roommate to a lion.

[ooc: Your suite assignments can be found here. Please reply to this thread with your suite number in the subject line, NSFW threads go into your private journals, yadda yadda.]

Breakfast is served at 9:30 when the game drive returns. Alternately, breakfast is served at 9:30 when you wake up and realize you've slept through the game drive.

Lunch is served at 1:00PM.

The gym is open from 6:00 AM until 8:00 PM, with a variety of gym equipment and treadmills to choose from. The spa offers a variety of treatments that can be administered in your suites or in the spa itself.

The library is where you can check your email and borrow one of the lodge's books, offered in a variety of different languages. The library is open all the time.

Looking for more interaction than just using the plunge pool attached to your suite? Come out to the lodge pool!

Looking for ~~really, really expensive~~ souvenirs to remember the break by? The Singita Boutique & Gallery offers a wealth of treasures that have been carefully selected from all corners of the African continent, including artifacts, cloth, skins, beads and carvings. Many of the pieces are especially designed for Singita and crafted by local craftsmen and artists. Included in the collection are also some of the most extraordinary and sought-after artworks: fine-art prints of museum quality, and works by some of Africa’s most respected wildlife artists. Here too, you can find a range of quality branded Singita safari-wear.

Yes, it's still happening ass early in the morning, but it's your last chance, and the animals are worth it, right? Grab a mug of coffee or tea from the lounge, put on a sat and some suntan lotion (or you'll regret it...) and climb into the Land Rovers, the get ready for your three hour tour through Kruger National Park. You won't see it all--the park is the size of Wales--but keep your eyes open. Highlights might include prides of lions, parades of elephants, crashes of white rhinos, herds of buffaloes, dazzles of zebras, clans of hyenas, harems of impalas, journeys of giraffes, businesses of mongooses...

The lodge provide a guide, a set of binoculars, and a checklist of more that 400 species of birds you might see around the lodge. Get some exercise!

The lodge provides a tour guide to take you to Justicia village, where guests pay a visit to one of the pre-schools to meet the 3 to 6 year-olds and see the school in action. Thereafter they experience the ‘iSquathamiya’ songs of a local singing group as well as the gum-boot dancing of a youth group. A visit to a home follows to taste some local foods, then some exposure to Shangaan tribal dance and wonderfully synchronized music from a youth choir.

Wow this was hard on my brain. Evening post coming up a few more hours into my afternoon.

It had been several days since they arrived here, and Liara... had finally ventured out of both her room and the library to sit out on the pool. She had even donned a human swimsuit (in case anyone had wondered if she was blue all over: yes) with which she was now...

Sitting by the edge of the pool, reading.

Baby steps.

Korra had decided to visit the village today, but since she'd brought Naga with her, somehow watching the school in action turned into giving small children polar bear dog rides.

This was the thing Sia had wanted to do.

And okay, it wasn't an inhuman time anymore, and most of Atton's hangover had receded, but still. He was kind of wondering now why he'd gone along with this when he could've still been hanging around the pool.

(Eight years from now, following Meetra Surik to Dantooine, he was going to claim heavy deja-vu.)

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Eventually, Victor made it out of Olive's suite, but by that time he'd long since missed the window to go on any of the excursions.

He took his book to the pool, slathered himself in sunblock, and settled in to soak up the sun.

Over the last few days, Tyrion had learned that lodge food was really, really good. His plate was very full as he settled in for breakfast, book open at his elbow.

With the help of his own personal designated walker, Jim had made it back to his suite last night. Once there, he'd dropped face down on his bed and just stayed there until late morning.

Nope, still not getting up early to go see a damn thing. He was, however, getting up late and he was going to take himself down to the pool to catch some sun and relax.

April wasn't normally a pool person, but where else could you nap in public without being judged?

So in her new bikini (http://www.stripperwear.com/Bk-red-skull-micro-bikini-G.jpg), she claimed a pool chair for herself, stuck a towel over her head, and did just that.

This wasn't Sia's room. It was however, where she woke up, because Jessica was nice enough to allow her to stay there while half the school was probably staying over in Sia's actual room. This made Jessica Sia's favorite person for the day.

She got up early, gathering the very few things she'd brought with her for the morning before heading back to the room to be obnoxious at anyone who she felt deserved it.

"Are you regretting this yet?" Sia asked him, because she kind of figured that he was, at least a little.

There was barely any chance that Alec was buying anything from here, but it was interesting to look at, at least. Maybe another day he'd go into town and see if he could get a more reasonably-priced necklace from a vendor to give Izzy.

Today he was just going to look at the really outrageous ones and marvel, though.

"It's a village," Atton muttered. "If you rule out the sun and the fact this place doesn't smell so bad, I might as well stuck around Nar Shaddaa."

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Singita Boulders Lodge, South Africa, Wednesday [Morning and Early Afternoon]

AT THE LODGE

Suites [10/10 – Day]

FOODS

Breakfast [10/10 – Day]

Lunch [10/10 – Day]

The Spa and Gym [10/10 - Day]

The Library [10/10 - Day]

The Pool [10/10 - Day]

Singita Boutique & Gallery [10/10 – Day]

ACTIVITIES

Morning Safari (6:30) [10/10 – Day]

Bird Walk [10/10 – Day]

Visit A Local Village [10/10 – Day]

OOC [10/10 – Day]

Re: The Pool [10/10 - Day]

Re: Visit A Local Village [10/10 – Day]

Re: Visit A Local Village [10/10 – Day]

Re: The Pool [10/10 - Day]

Re: Breakfast [10/10 – Day]

Re: The Pool [10/10 - Day]

Re: The Pool [10/10 - Day]

Suite 123 [10/10 – Day]

Re: Visit A Local Village [10/10 – Day]

Re: Singita Boutique & Gallery [10/10 – Day]

Re: Visit A Local Village [10/10 – Day]