Lion Sands 1933 Lodge at Sabi Sands: Here, I Am Megan Fox

We’re nearing the end of our trip. I’m in mourning.

When traveling, I become romantic and bold.

My hat sits at a jauntier angle. I think it’s a good idea to buy some lacy g-strings, despite the post-pregnancy hemorrhoids.

My life is scored by an internal soundtrack. Currently the theme music from Out of Africa is playing in my head as I wear a crisp white shirt and wait for Robert Redford to arrive in the 1929 De Havilland Gipsy Moth bi-plane.

My breasts ride higher and my ass, in a skirt, looks like two ripe melons in a hammock.

Two days from now I return to the Mom-Tine (Meaning Mom Routine)
  • Wake kids up.
  • Pack kids food.
  • Force kids to eat breakfast, dress, comb their hair and brush their teeth. 
  • Drive kids to school.

Just writing this incites a Pavlovian reaction to drink gin and tonic.

But, I still have one full day of fabulous left. After an arduous travel day from Cape Town to Johannesburg to Nelspruit to our lodge, I was a bit flatulent and weary.

But was instantly revivified when I arrived at the Lion Sands 1933 Lodge to this:

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The great room at the 1933 Lodge. I imagine Hemingway back from wrestling lions.
The lodge kitchen where many a meal were made to fatten me up like a spring ham.
The lodge kitchen where many a meal were made to fatten me up like a spring ham.
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The entry way where Hepburn and Spencer had their first liaison. Or so I imagine.
All five kids bunked together in the kids room and decorated their individual bunks with their toys and teddys from home.
All five kids bunked together & decorated their beds with toys from home.
The kids don't know I walked 15 miles to school in the snow. But I'll remind them.
The kids don’t know I walked 15 miles to school in the snow. But I’ll remind them.
My and Henry's bed. We could conceive Christ here. But we're old
My and Henry’s bed. We could conceive Christ here. But we’re old.
The Great White Henry asleep after seeing bush babies.
The Great White Henry asleep after seeing bush babies.
When I bathe here I become Megan Fox, but with a better body.
When I bathe here I become Megan Fox, but with a better body.
On this patio I could pen something as great as Sylvia Plath's "The Bel Jar," only less suicidal.
I could pen something as great as Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” here, only less suicidal.
The pool where the kids tried to drown me.
The pool where the kids tried to drown me.  Very “Lord of the Flies.”

I think we can all agree, I’m a mediocre photographer at best.

Because what you can’t see in these photographs is how purple soft the gloaming is in the afternoons. How redolent the air of jacaranda and rich, red bush dirt. How the crickets sing and the hippos bay.

(A hippo bay will cause your bowels to tremble in terror. You may, in fact, lose your shit.)

I know this is a sign of my limited literary scope when I trundle out this tired cliche: The bush is a “magical” world, but even better … are the people.

Thank you, Moses for walking me to my room after dark when I didn’t want to be a bother. I know losing a guest to a famished lion would be bad for business, but more important, your gentility, chivalry and graciousness would be insulted.

Faith, your passionfruit cheesecake is divinity itself. You will be paying my Weight Watchers bill next month.

Israel, you were always there with warm, moist towels after a safari drive and were quick with the aforementioned gin and tonics.

Lucas, you are as kind as you are handsome and made our stay extraordinary.

That’s it from the bush for now. Thanks again to Destinations South Africa for planning our trip, and the More Hotels for providing us hearth and home.

5 thoughts on “Lion Sands 1933 Lodge at Sabi Sands: Here, I Am Megan Fox”

  1. You’ve had me mentally receiting quotes from Isak Dineson – Out of Africa. Her words, (in the voice of Meryl Streep,) embody for me the enduring enchantment you can hold for a particular locale. There are a couple such spots, that will forever live in my heart. I have loved every deliciously vicarious second, shared by you in your photos and Blog! Thank You! Be safe….

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