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An adventure in Africa 30 June Dear Aihua How are you? Sorry I haven't written for so long. I've been quite busy arranging my holiday with my older brother, Colin. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks travelling before he goes to university. We're going to visit so many exciting places and do lots of extraordinary things. We will go to Africa first. I can't wait! Have you ever been there? We leave London on 15th July, and we'll be taking a fly to Morocco, in northern Africa. We're going to ride camels through the Sahara Desert. It's the biggest desert in the world--about the size of the US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. We'll be travelling by camel with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground. I've heard that, in the Sahara there is no shade during the day, and the stars seem especially brilliant on clear nights. I'll bring a flashlight with me so that I'll be able to see in the dark. Altogether, the trip will take six days. That means I'll have to sit on a camel for almost a week--how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me! After the trip by camel, we're going to travel down the River Nile. We'll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water gets quite rough.So, we'll go white-water rafting. It's quite dangerous, but very exciting! You have to wear a helmet and a life jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water. Then, we're going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We'll live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cow's blood! Do you think I should drink it? Since we'll be walking for almost two weeks, I'll need to buy a large backpack in advance to carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, we'll walk across the land, following the trakcs of wildlife such as elephants, lions and giraffes. We'll try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though they're dangerous, so that we can take some really good photographs. But don't worry about me. Our guides will have guns with them for defense--they can use the guns to scare the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see an elephant up close, and Colin wants to see a giraffe.After that, we'll be moving on to Tanzania, where we're going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the atmosphere gets thinner,so Colin and I will make sure that we will get plenty of rest. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks.Afterwards, we're going to the Himalayas.I'll send you postcards from all the different places we visit! Love, Toby 非洲冒险 6月30日 亲爱的爱华： 你好吗？抱歉很长时间没写信了。 我一直忙着计划我和哥哥科林的假期。科林和我想在他上大学之前外出旅游，玩儿上几个星期。我们要参观那么多令人兴奋的地方，做那么多不同寻常的事情。 我们将先去非洲。我都等不及了！你去过那儿吗？我们7月15日离开伦敦，然后飞到北非的摩洛哥。 我们要骑着骆驼穿过撒哈拉沙漠。撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠--和美国差不多大。我想那儿会非常炎热、干燥、多尘。 我们将骑着骆驼旅行，并有当地导游陪伴，扎帐篷、睡在地上。我听说，在撒哈拉沙漠，白天没有阴凉处，而在晴朗的夜晚，星星格外的明亮。 我会带上手电，这样就能看见黑暗中的东西。整个旅行要六天。那就是说我要骑将近一个星期的骆驼--太难受了！希望我的骆驼喜欢我！ 骑骆驼的旅行结束后，我们要沿着尼罗河旅行。 我们将从维多利亚湖出发。沿着维多利亚湖下行一点儿，水流竟然变得湍急起来。所以我们要漂流。很危险也很刺激！ 你得戴上头盔，穿上救生衣做保护，以防你落入水中。漂流过后，我们要去肯尼亚看野生动物。 我们要跟当地的村民一起住在他们的村落里，他们吃什么、喝什么我们就吃什么、喝什么，包括喝牛血！你觉得我会喝吗？ 因为我们基本上两个礼拜每天都要步行，我得提前买一个大的旅行背包来装我的食物和饮用水。 白天，我们将步行穿越陆地，沿着大象、狮子和长颈鹿之类野生动物的脚印前进。尽管这些动物危险，我们也会试着尽可能靠近动物，这样我们就能拍些好照片。不过别担心。我们的导游会带枪防身。如果动物靠得太近，导游会开枪把它们吓走。 我真想很近地看看大象，科林想看长颈鹿。之后，我们会继续前进到坦桑尼亚，攀登那里的乞利马扎罗山。登山非常累，而且由于空气变稀薄，很多人感到恶心，所以我和科林要确保得到充分的休息。 我们旅行中的非洲游部分大约四个星期。然后我们去喜马拉雅。我会从所有我们游览的不同地方给你寄明信片。 爱你的 托比 |
