A few wild things

Jonathan Dockery! From Winston Salem to Johannesburg, where he is working with the cutting-edge microfinance group Paradigm Shift. Our paradigms shifted as we ate dinner with him in a hip side of town, where Ferraris and Lambourghinis rule—and ate ostrich fillets and other African dishes. Oh, and a waiter painted our faces by candlelight.

At a nearby lion park, we got closeups with more wildlife, including extremely rare white lions (below). 

We also saw zebras, springboks, rare birds, a cheetah, and some nasty hyenas. The highlight was Sara playing with the lion cubs, until one got a little aggressive and with one cub paw pulled her to the ground. Like Aslan, these lions aren't safe but possibly they aren't good either. Our game guide told us of several tourists killed because they thought lying lions looked cuddly enough to touch. We stayed in the safari truck, but still were close enough to touch. 


Sara did get up close with a giraffe who loves to curl his tongue around your hand to pull in the whole bag of food. He seemed practiced.