Intrepid partners with different organizations around the world and this is one of them.
This is an orphanage that has children of all ages.
Although this is an emergency exit it looks like a lot of fun.
There is a whole courtyard area for the kids to play.
This little girl just wanted to cuddle.
Others were little show offs that were having quite the time while we were there.
This museum is very small. It just has preserved samples of all of the local wildlife. So Kerri got a preview of what we’ll be searching for the next two months.
Yes, we are really in Africa now.
This is why we got rabies shots.
There are two types of hyenas. The spotted hyena is a pretty respectable looking animal.
The striped hyena somehow manages to look even nastier than the Lion King villains.
Pumba looks much less friendly than in the Lion King.
I think they should redo the movie starring a clawless otter. He is much cuter. And less scary. He doesn’t even have claws.
And a caracal. It doesn’t look like it wants to eat me.
They have lots of birds that don’t look like they want to eat me.
But their ravens look even nastier than the Fort McMurray ones.
They have two types of zebra in Ethiopia. But we aren’t actually going to get outside of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. And I think there are other kinds where we are going.
We will be staying away from the water.
The location for this mirror was poorly chosen.
This is Ardi. She is 4.4 million years old.
We don’t have very much of her skull.
But we have lots of her teeth.
But we have enough of her hands and feet to know that she walked with a flat foot with her toes pointed outward. She still climbed a lot of trees but probably wasn’t as graceful climbing as chimpanzees are.
This is Lucy. She lived 3.15 million years ago. She was the first substantial hominid skeleton found.
This is Selam. She is the same species as Lucy but lived 3.3 million years ago. She was only 3 years old when she died.
This is what her skull looked like before it was fully excavated.
And here it is now.
If you have any money left after buying your way out of Hell you can also buy yourself some good luck for this life.
First you drive away evil spirits by donating 1 baht per year of your life (about $1 for us) to your character on the Thai zodiac.
Our Ox was pretty boring. Most of the animals had colourful people riding them.
Then, if you’re feeling left out for not being Buddhist don’t worry! You can give them money no matter what your religion!
This one is for the Christians.
And this one is for the Muslims.
And the Hindus.
And many headed saints from unnamed Chinese religions.
This guy was unlabelled.
If Buddha is your preference there were tons to chose from.
Skinny Buddhas.
Fat Buddhas.
And Buddhas that appeared to be suffering from leprosy.
After you’ve paid them for your god(s) of choice, you can find your Saint and give them more money to be free of suffering for a long period of time.
You determine your saint by walking past them and counting for each year of your life. Boys count from left to right and girls from right to left. If you are old you will have to loop through them more than once.
This was Kerri’s saint, who predicts that she will have success in work, in love and in finding things that get lost. If she is a merchant she will get very rich. She will have a son, be lucky and be very happy in her life.
It is unclear if this still applies because she didn’t put any money in the box.
This is Matt’s saint, who predicts that he cannot attain his wish in love or in luck but he can cover up his ailment.
We assume that is supposed to be apply even though he didn’t put any money in the box.
After escaping Hell you progress to an area with more sculptures, but no English translations.
So I can’t tell you what is going on here.
But I’m pretty sure the dogs don’t like it.
They do not like it at all.
The frog probably is enjoying himself.
But the fish are not.
And George W. Bush is weeding the garden.
