Lad's Safari Starts Horribly Wrong...UPDATE!!!

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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:31 am

Taking note of the fine research done by @bohigal yesterday...

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Tomorrow's predicted high in Parakou is 105 F / 41 C

I figured it would be just as uncomfortable in Natitingou so I sent this reminder.

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Dear Barrister Bad0u,

The camp director is trying to call you.
You must be in an area of small network coverage.
The call is not going through.
Can you stand in an open unshaded area for the next couple of hours?

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:46 am

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^^ It'd be funny to send some brochures to that hotel so they have some reading material while they're in their room waiting for the next shuttle. Laughing

Maybe not brochures but you could try Vista Print to get 250 free business cards and send 50 to each of your pickup hotels, then when you're lad comes asking they can be given a business card to prove the camp is authentic. Very Happy

OH BTW Simba did you know there is a real Simba Safaris? I'm not one to rain on someone's bonfire but could you're safari site be affecting ITPs?

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:17 am

asiaguy wrote:

The roads are apparently messy so the Lads cannot make it to Parakou. Laughing

I don't think he is talking about driving back to Parakou, I think he means driving directly to the camp location inside the National Park.
He obviously has more money that sense.... Laughing

TurkeyTrotter wrote:

OH BTW Simba did you know there is a real 5imba Safaris? I'm not one to rain on someone's bonfire but could you're safari site be affecting ITPs?

In fact 5imba Safari is probably the most popular name for safari operators and tours throughout Eastern & Southern Africa.
Part of the reason why I chose to use that name, was so that we would get lost in the google melee.
I am confident that we don't affect ITPs because, we are based on the opposite side of the continent and we also have a slightly different name.

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:23 am

^^^^^^^^^^^^
@Simba...
These guys are clueless.
I've been prodding them to get to Parakou.
They seem content in the hotel wasting money.
I'm going to give them a call tonight and tell them that the shuttle and driver have been holed up at the hotel in Parakou and that I'M PAYING FOR THE DRIVERS HOTEL EXPENSES...(of course it is coming out of the Lad's stash...) Rolling Eyes

I'm going to get these guys to move if it takes me all day and night. Laughing

And where all of a sudden did my lads get a car??? Shocked

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:56 pm

asiaguy wrote:

Can you stand in an open unshaded area for the next couple of hours?

Excellent baiting!!! clapping

Edited to wonder just WTF is going on w/ the quote function... Confused

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:00 pm

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Can you stand in an open unshaded area for the next couple of hours?

Bwaha, excellent! Too bad it's only 98 F / 36 C in Natitingou at the moment.

asiaguy, do you think you could induce your lad to make up a quick 5imba 5afaris sign or logo and stick a couple to his car? He seems to have some time on his hands anyway. The rationale is that the shuttle drivers and/or guides within the park would recognize that he's a visitor and point him in the right direction. Of course he'd have to send you a picture of the car to reassure you he did it correctly and won't be mistaken for a guest at a competitor's camp

Now I'm wondering if there are any other lads in the baitosphere heading to Parakou or Natitingou for some R+R at 5imba's camp. If the above works, we could put them on the lookout for a car with a 5imba 5afaris logo. Over in the paid section of the forum we're working on getting a lazy fellow to Parakou. Are there any others? A long shot I know, but imagine lads shuttling each other toward a beautiful non-existent paradise. Isn't one of our rules to make the lads do all the work?

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Edited to wonder just WTF is going on w/ the quote function...

Ok who's playing around with CSS?

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:45 pm

I've just returned from RL dinner.
It's 11:30PM here now.
I checked my mailbox...no Lad mails except 4 other baits.
I just called the high powered barrister Bad0u on skype out.
His phone is really out of the network.
Why do I think they are in the Pendjari Park looking for the Simba Camp entrance? Laughing

I will definitely try to get the Lads to ID a car. (I doubt they have their own)
If the shuttle bus makes it up to their location, I would be great that the driver sees the well marked car so he knows who to pick up for the journey to the camp. Laughing

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:51 pm

@asiaguy - These guys really must have some cash to spend a week at that nice hotel. I went to the website, and unfortunately, they won't get too hot. The have a nice pool. At least they are wasting money at the moment, and they only have themselves to blame, the stupid self-safari lads. Very Happy

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:27 pm

I skype out to the Lad, then make gargled noises and then hang up.
He's been told that the camp satellite phone is not working properly.
Because of the phone problems, we cannot contact the shuttle driver at Le Majestic Hotel in Parakou and tell the driver to pick up the Lads in Natitingou.

Thus I'm making the Lads feel like they are pissing off all the guests at the camp with their idiotic stubborn antics.

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Dear Barrister Bad0u,

There is only one shuttle.
It is still in Parakou waiting for you.
I cannot get to you without using the shuttle and the shuttle is in Parakou.

Why did you go to Natitingou?
Nobody told you that the shuttle would pick you up in Natitingou.
You traveled much further than you had to and your own expense.
You were clearly told that the shuttle would pick you up in Parakou.
You only have yourself to blame for this mess you've created.

You cannot get to me and I cannot get to you without the 4 wheel drive shuttle van.

That is why I need you to travel to Parakou and find the shuttle and shuttle driver.
Everyone in the camp is cut off from the rest of the world because of you and your associate.
We cannot get out of the camp and nobody can get into the camp without the 4 wheel drive vehicle.

The rest of the guests are asking me questions about MY guests.
They want to know why my guests have not arrived and why the shuttle is not available.

I want these Lads moving...by bus of course.
I'm sure the car story was simply Lad lying.

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:49 am

Hahahaha,
of course, when they get to parakou, the shuttle will have just left for Natitingou! Then your lads will, of course, have to go back to Natitingou, and then on to Pendjari! Thumbs up

Nice work!

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:14 pm

Any word on this industrious lads? I ask because there seem to be a couple of mugus potentially converging on Parakou this week. None are mine Sad

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:23 pm

Nothing from these two chuckle brothers in the Simba box, so I have absolutely no idea what happened to them... Twisted Evil

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:05 pm

^^ Maybe they were eaten by the bees, or the bee eating snakes. Laughing

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:02 am

I've been in constant contact with my Lads.
They had a weeks worth of hotel pre-paid so I figured let them enjoy themselves.
They flat out refused to move to Parakou and are waiting for the shuttle at their hotel in Natitangou.

It's now time for the series of unfortunate events which force the Lads to spend a little more money waiting for the invisible shuttle. Laughing

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:35 am

I had a lad, Hendick, who safari'd all the way to the park, hahahaha, and then was detained at Natitingou, briefly, for the taxi fees from Cotonou....

Sounds like these two will have to either head to Parakou or on to the park itself, hahhaha! Thumbs up

Great work, Asiaguy!

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:11 am

asiaguy wrote:

It's now time for the series of unfortunate events which force the Lads to spend a little more money waiting for the invisible shuttle. Laughing

Are you sure that the shuttle bus really only exists in the imaginary world of baiters.... Rolling Eyes

Enormous thanks to Marvinator, for getting the shuttle on the road... Laughing

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:40 pm

^ that's really cool Smile

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:59 pm

OK...my Lads are a ready and waiting for pick-up at the hotel.

Just got this in...

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Respected madam,
My assocate and I remain waiting at the tata somba hotel so we are ready for the bus to come today.

I have also attached the pic of Marvinator's awesome 4 wheeler to the reply mail and told the Lads to stand out near the main road and wait for it.
Hopefully the temperature will be hovering somewhere around 40 degrees or so... Cool

. Hopefully, they won't have to wait long. Rolling Eyes

My last word to the Lads before the unfortunate series of events...

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Dear Barrister Badou,

The shuttle is back at the camp.
The camp director is extremely upset.
I was forced to pay the camp an additional US$3,600 to cover the costs of the shuttle, the driver and your rooms at the camp.
It took me another 3 days to convince the camp director that you were a trusting person.
I told him that you simply made a mistake and traveled all the way to Natitingou, rather than Parakou.
The camp director has finally agreed to give us another chance.
He is dispatching the shuttle to the Tata Somba Hotel in Natitingou.
It should be there by 4PM Sunday.

I have also attached another copy of your shuttle passes.
I have also attached a picture of the 4 wheel drive vehicle.
It is best if you can be out on the main road so that the driver can clearly see you.
If you see a vehicle resembling the vehicle in this picture, I suggest that you waive your arms to attract the drivers attention.

If you are not at the hotel at 4PM, I will have no choice but to assume you abandoned me.
If you had just gone to Parakou as you were told, then this entire ordeal would be completed by now.
I will be leaving the camp on Monday morning. I have no idea where I will go.
I will make that decision later tomorrow.

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