Two Hearts

Two hearts are done now.  I think it's beginning to look nice.

Dinner At Asador

The one thing I hate about Angolan restaurants is the completely-not-free table nibbles before your order is taken.  They can be a lot of money, and are not necessarily posted on the menu.  They also vary wildly in quality.  At Lookal Asador, it was proscuitto, bread, and butter.  They were not worth the $15 we paid for them.  Disappointing.

The special drink of the house is a port caprioska.  It tasted okay, but I think I'll stick with vodka next time.  They did get the provolera right.  One is "ranch style" and the other is regular.  Both of them were very, very good.

For some reason, I think it's an Angolan thing, the meat was overcooked.  It was perfectly good meat, but definitely overcooked.  They need South American training!  You can see pictures of the kitchen area below, too.

Found The Elephants

We didn't see any elephants the first day.  The second day we went further into the park and found some parties of elephants munching on very dry plants and looking for shade in all the wrong places.

Curling The Petals

Yay!  I'm finally working on the flower itself.  Time to get cracking on the home stretch.

Squirrelly

Yes we go to national parks and take pictures of squirrels.  Don't you?

Dinner At The Lodge

The meal on our first night was served outdoors.  It was cooked on grills and we at at tables around them.  Every night at Mokuti lodge is some kind of buffet.  I started with mushroom soup and a salad.  The "wild" meat of the night was oryx.  It was overcooked, but everything else was really, really good.

Bring A Branch

I am really disappointed with the lack of contrast in this piece so far, but I did manage to get some of the branch done.