Intruder?

I had my first security alarm scare yesterday morning! At about 5am I was suddenly awoken by literally the loudest sound I have ever experienced in my entire life. It was like an outer body experience - the walls of the house, as well as my entire body, were pulsing the beeping was so loud.  I’m pretty sure that the entire street woke up and that, had I been over the age of 60, I would have had a heart attack. It was inescapable.  After I got over the initial shock, I was terrified because clearly we had an intruder, which isn’t all that uncommon here and you hear so many horror stories about it.  So I stayed locked in my room, holding my pepper spray, unsure what you are supposed to do in that situation!  Luckily, no intruder was found but it sure made for an unpleasant start to the day. Now I know that South African’s don’t mess around with their security and alarm systems.  I think I am pretty safe between the electric fence and the deafening alarm system!

In other news, I leave Friday afternoon for a roadtrip adventure to Lesotho and Kruguer National Park with my friends Whitney and Jess.  We plan on having a leisurely drive up to Lesotho (a very small, rural, mountainous nation in the center of South Africa), spending a few days being nomads in huts there, then making our way to Johannesburg where we will start out Kruger safari adventure. Hopefully I will be posting lots of animal pictures this time two weeks from now! That is if I am not eaten by a lion…

roadtrip mates