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"Born to be Wild...."
This is a top pick! April 6, 2005 DISCLAIMER: Serious Bloat Blog ahead, but hey we just can't stop talking about it :-) Also, kudos to Cheryl for naming "Closing TIme" as the song Mark asked to be identified in our last post. Sorry, no prizes for naming the artist of our theme song for this leg...bet you can all sing along though..."...looking for adventure in …
Game Parks Begin
... local fish and coral. We then made our way to Beach Bungalow Resort where we spent three days on the beach, swimming in the clear blue water, eating, drinking and walking on the white sands– very relaxing and it was good to have a break from the tents. Michael and I upgraded and got a nice room for our time in Zanzibar. It was also the first opportunity we had had for washing so handed in a very large bag at reception. A little trivia for you - Zanzibar is ...
Rare rhinos and sexy lions
We wake up early in a chilly, clammy tent. Not a big issue, though, because we happen to be camping on the most beautiful camp site in the world, right on top of the Ngorongoro crater rim, and the sun is just rising of the opposite edge of the crater!
We quickly pack up our wet tent to go for an early morning game drive. Our cook Boka joins us today, because we will leave the crater through the 'back door'. Boka casually spots some elephants ...
Incredible caldera
... huge male elephant, one of Abraham's favorites because he was old and had tusks that were in an L shape. Also something had happened to his truck and it was about half as long as it should have been. We drove a little bit further to find two male and one female lion. This is extremely rare and Abraham suggested that the males had to be related in some way because they would not be together otherwise. We saw them ...
Horny ostriches
Camped on rim of the Ngorongoro crater, very cold at night! More good food!
Shared our camp with Zebra and Buffalo!
Headed into crator at 5:30 am, descended 600m into blue skies!
Saw so many Zebra, wilderbeast and buffalow...heards and heards of them.
Horny ostriches did a mating dance for us!
Saw Rhinos! mother and daughter...big 5 ...
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