November 2008 I’ve always been obsessed with safari animals—elephants, giraffes, rhinos, zebras—so I was ecstatic when my family decided to take a two-week trip to South Africa while my brother and I were in high and middle school, respectively. Flying into and out of Johannesburg took 15 hours one way and 18 the other, so we got plenty of quality time with movies and snacks on those long-haul planes. Once there, we rented a tiny manual hatchback that barely fit the four of u