Well folks, its 7 in the morning in Arusha, Tanzania, I’m up and have had tea. Both Kenya and Tanzania are 10 hrs off home. Tomorrow we go to Nairobi and then off on leg 3 of thisw excursion.
Christopher, we did not actually see the cheetah do the killing but I have pictures of her and her 2 cuubs eating, they were abouty 15m from the truck. nWe’ve had lions rub against our vehicles. The other morning, 5:45, walking to the toilet an elephant walked out the other side of the building no more than 15m from me.
Hey, that early and the dark tree area starts moving and has tusks you think you are still sleeping. Due to light I didn’t get an exceptioinal photo but do have one. For this portion I experienced so much that I just cant remember it all to tell you.
By going thru photos it’ll all come back though. My apoplogies ahead of time, I have lots of photos.
Again, this is a camping trip. I would recommend it for anyone who leans that way. If you’d rather just do the Serengeti/ngorongoro there are quite the flyt in lodges there. Quite the variety of landscapes. People are friendly, here in Tanznia they speak a bit less english and that is accented. Kids wave at the truck all the time. Sellers here are back to the aggressive type like Egypt.
Hot showers last night!!!!
I guess that’s it as I just can’t remember all I want to say, this has been a 2 week experience that I’ll never forget. luv, moi
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Ooops, forgot in case Mel reads this, I have a picture of the Oldupai gorge and have seen their cast of the footsteps.
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uh ….. that’s a lion raping another lion. She looks pissed.
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Have you ever seen cats do it? It’s the same thing, she never seems to be having any fun.
And I love the picture of the elephant in the morning. Looks like it could just step on the hoods of your jeeps if it wanted to. That would be quite the feeling, totally different than seeing them in broad daylight from the safety of a vehicle surrounded by other people. Really neat.
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At one point I was only just around that water tower from that elephant, maybe 5m from the trunk. It was just a real neat experience. As far as the cats, they go into heat every 13 minutes but the whole performance is less than a minute and she snaps at him, typical female.
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Date: 02/16/2007
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