这就是我们要去的最后一个Safari--Manyara湖。
入园后首先是与一大群在树上享受天伦之乐的灰猴相遇,这些猴,动作和情感交流看着真是和人没多大区别,大概只是语言不同而已。这儿的灰猴特多,除了树上,湖边草地上也满目皆是。
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在猴群中游荡长颈鹿用头和长脖子打打闹闹,斑马等动物穿梭于其间。我们边走边看边拍照,美不胜收。
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玩到湖岸边看鸟时正值夕阳西下,正是拍摄的黄金时刻,只见架着长镜头的吉普车在湖边排成了行,那名副其实的大炮筒以及大大炮筒比比皆是,我那曾经让多少人慕煞了眼的四百毫米镜头此时此地被比得其寒酸无比!
突然间听到一声“谢谢你使用佳能!“ 扭头一看,一个在车顶架着超级大炮的人正冲着我说话呢,他又重复了一遍,还对我挥挥手,看这阵势肯定是佳能公司的使者啦,心里顿感一阵热乎乎。
和纳库露湖不一样,这儿火烈鸟少,鹈鹕和鹭鸶多。大鸟们飞个不停,简直就是摄鸟的天堂,难怪乎引来那么多重量级的摄影家。条件好得就连我这初级阶段的摄手,奋斗了一个多小时后也抓到了几张鹈鹕展翅振飞的好镜头,其中一张照片不仅在我们摄影俱乐部比赛时领了先,还一路比到了魁北克省级和加拿大国家级联赛,当了一回“暴发户”,真是块人杰地灵的好地方!
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鹭鸶喜欢站立在树梢,画面极美,可它们老是屁股朝着人,不好生配合,始终没能抓到满意的镜头。
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夕阳下沿湖边开去一路风景如金,路离开湖边时中间隔着金色的草地,草地上走着吃草的金马,草地后面乃是万鸟覆盖的湖面,湖的对岸则耸立着海明威笔下非洲的青山,这是我们在非洲看到的最美的景致之一。
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我们回程的速度是那样地迟缓,走走停停,停停走走,恋恋不舍,又到天将黑尽,查尔斯用车灯照亮森林里的小路,几只小地鼠从蚁堆后面伸出头来,好奇地看着这晚归的过客,我拍了几张照,查尔斯很奇怪那么黑还能拍,看看照片后高兴极了,要我回来用电子邮件送给他。
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回到马赛村子已是名副其实的伸手不见五指,在黑暗中“瞎”开了半天也不见一丝光亮,我有点心虚,不知道查尔斯能不能找回去,忍不住问他: “能找回旅馆吗?” “我迷路了!” 他干脆说。我们傻眼了,这要遇到个歹人不就命丧马赛村寨!他还不想把我们吓死,慢条斯理地补充了一句:“哈哈,开个玩笑而已。”
借着车灯时不时闪过蒙头盖脸手提棍子的黑影,三三两两地站在荒野里,明知是马赛男人,可还是让我想起小时候听过的那些吓人的鬼故事,这深更半夜的他们聚在那儿干什么? 查尔斯解释说这是马赛的保安员在站岗放哨,保卫旅馆客人的安全。离旅馆还大老远的就一路岗哨了,马赛人对他们独一无二的这棵摇钱树真可谓是呵护有加啊!
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