the lion park

sunday's adventure was taking kids to the lion park. lucy wantd to visit the animals, but why not make it more rewarding by rounding up some random economically disadvantaged kids and treat them too? so we asked Gogo (Jackson's mum) to suggest a few, she came up with four very well behaved little girls who's mothers made their living selling fruits on the street - ie they would never have enough disposable assets to spend on a frivilous visit to a nature park.there were a few language barriers, ie they spoke no english us no shona but their joyful laughs and smiles said it all. even if we had just driven there and headed streight home it would have satisfied them as an adventure but the animals... they were so excited!there was a 300 year old tortoise wieghing 500g, lions, hienas, baboons...we also brought snacks for them and a kind group of felow visitors gave us a huge plate of chips- a real feast for some girls who never get to taste or see such things