First time......

from Kim:

- ...touching a cheetah (thank you Chewbakka, Quasar, Soriah, littleC)
-.....riding a hot air balloon (oh wait, scratch that)
-....seeing a spitting cobra in action
- .....taking part in an Florida State University (FSU) bird study and identifying a rare bird (scarlet breasted shrike)
- ...not taking part in the FSU reptile study
- ....riding in the back of a bakkie at 60 km/hr
-....lighting a gas stove with a match (or starve for breakfast)
-....tasting biltong (beef or game jerky)
-...getting stuck in a thorn bush (we were thorned!)
-...throwing raw donkey meat to running wild cheetahs from the back of a bakkie
-.....seeing a "cheetah run" (moving mechanical running track for cheetahs to simulate chasing prey)
-....eating kudu, eland and oryx (large antelope)
-...seeing Fairy Circles (mysterious circles throughout Namibia)
-...running, hopping, skipping down dune 45
-...taking part in a Namibian bird survey
-...completing a 12 hour game count in an animal blind with animals only feet away
-...surviving a torrential down pour in an animal blind with a mesh roof ("you should take an umbrella!" Matti--our supervisor)
-...dipping 300 goats, sheep and kiddings in bathtub for external parasites and getting soaking wet (with poopy water)
-...volunteering for Earth Watch
-...visiting Namibia
-...living in a rondovel
-...visiting the Namibian desert
-..visiting Etosha Salt Pan (or any salt pan, for that matter)
-...going on a scat walk (putting bountiful cheetah poop in a bag with no gloves)
-..attending a small stock class in Afrikaans and English with Namibia farmers (all the good jokes were in Afrikaans)