Mount Meru Game Lodge & Sanctuary
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Tanzania Day 1 - Arusha
We woke on the plane when cabin lights turned on for breakfast, and it wasn't long before we landed in Nairobi, Kenya around 6am. Jomo Kenyatta was a bustling airport with hallways that don't seem wide enough to accommodate all of the people flowing through them. We waited in the hot, humid Gate 3 area downstairs, and watched the tarmac and distant …
Out of Africa
Our last stop was back in Arusha at the Mount Meru Game Lodge and Sanctury. This place was set on 12 acres with a small game reserve attached.
Located right across the road from our previous accommodation – Rivertrees, our room wasn't as good, but still interesting due to the attached game reserve.
This final stop brought to …
Paying of the police...
... not a good idea, donŽt ask me why (yeah right), so he goes another way, and catches up with me the next day, know that we are on a “yo brother” status he tells me he can’t lie to me… he really needed the money, but for lunch , well he still didnŽt get any money but heŽs a fun guy so next time IŽll ask him to join me for lunch…wonder if heŽll accept? And there was blood! Just got home from the barber, you who follows my journey ...
The path to paradise
... in return will provide a safe visit and lunch(not apples).
I can see the addf something like “Paradise the place to be” The walk starts by entering a magic Cedar forest with bushes of exotic and delicious berries, sized like small strawberries bright red on raspberry bushes and black raspberries mmmmmm… after a nice “walk in the park” you descend more or ...
Back on the road
... Not speaking Swahili is fast proving to be a major weakness in this part of the world. I had read that although it is legally fine to camp anywhere on communal land, that it is best to ask the village elders for permission, it also just seemed the polite thing to do. That said, I tried to convey and gesture to the older members of the congregation, that we were looking for somewhere to make camp, this attempt however, probably to be expected, proved completely ...