Wild Africa Lodge
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Grown in Kenya, Built for the World
... The drive to our new camp in Rhotia, outside of Karatu and Arusha, was uneventful and most notable were the smooth, amazingly paved roads which were very different from Kenya. Apparently we are living on the major northern Tanzanian tourist circuit so there is heavy international investment, mainly from Japan. Our camp is only two years old, and our banda has bunkbeds and our own bathrooms! I always picture things totally wrong, so although I was
expecting a ...
I don't like cricket...I love Terrorhawks...
... as kids! Chrissy, you'll remember it - we used to be a bit scared of Zelda and her 'soldier balls'! Vikki almost went balistic when she heard this fact, it was as if she had just met the son of Kermit the Frog!
The whole camp got to experience the commotion.....yelps of excitement subdued and off to bed early after a few vodkas! Thank God, we have a horrendous start tomorrow and a long journey to the coast ahead!!!
Note: never climb spikey trees barefoot ...
Safari time
... room but the bed was not as big so we decided to just use the other bathroom and keep our room. Someone in the last couple of days told us we'd like Arusha, it was really nice? We aren't sure if they were thinking of somewhere else? It is crowded and noisy and really just a starting or ending point for safaris though we found a good place to eat at not to bad a ...
The Trial Day
... Our knees and thighs were not happy! Plus the pounding headache was still there. The campsite was gorgeous though and once we had a bowl of hot water, life felt much better. Then it was popcorn and tea time and I had a nap after. When we woke up, we saw Konrad throwing up his food and tea. Poor bugger. For dinner we had some soup and then rice with chicken and veg. Delicious. Although once again ...
He's eatin' like a lion!!
... in their tracks. One lion decided To half heatedly pursue them, and walked towards them and pushed them back. He then circled back and went back to the pride. Kevin pulled the jeep around and we had a front row seat to watch the lions. They were about 10 feet from us. I have some nice video I got with the camera, but will have to post later. We watched them for about an hour. We then headed toward the swamp in the southern part of Tarangire. The swamp is dry now, but ...
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