January 27, 2008
A wild time in Zambia with the kids
David James Smith took his timid but enraptured family on safari in Zambia. Mercifully, they also tracked down a Jacuzzi
No picture in a book or piece of film on TV can prepare you for the sheer power and fearsome enormity of a bull elephant up close. It certainly scared the hell out of our son that first morning in Zambia. From a distance, the bull and its mate and their baby had made a cute-looking nuclear family, traipsing across the plain towards some tasty foliage. As we drew alongside, the bull turned, reared its head and snorted.