Month: October 2012

I went for a run this morning!  I found myself awake rather early and felt the dirt road that runs parallel to our camp calling my name.  I stretched a lot first, then went.  It felt great, although tiring.  The sun over the landscape blended the colors of the sky into a beautiful shade of…

Currently I am sitting at Knobby Hill, a huge Kopje at the entrance, about to leave Serengeti National Park.  We are waiting to get approval to enter the Ngorongoro Conservation Area again, I think.  I’m not sure what the length of our wait will be.  My body is achy, not sore, but sick of riding…

It was a good day overall, although under toned by my poor mood, in which we visited a few beautiful Kopjes.  The first one we stopped at was enormous, pushed up millions of years ago from the bowels of the earth and belched up onto the surface of the world.  It’s called ‘Gong Rock’ and…

Today was another good day, despite feeling a little achy (although this is probably due to the fact that we’re spending most of our time in the land rovers on bumpy, uneven roads).  The Chief Warden of the Serengeti named Georg Mtahiko led us around on foot in the park.  He took time out of…

A large portion of the day today, in fact most of it, was spent in the safari land rover travelling from last nights hostel to our campsite in Serengeti National Park.  It was a pleasant trip, full of many beautiful animals and stunning viewpoints.  One of the highlights of the day was getting to see…

Today was quite the adventure!  We safari-ed at Lake Manyara National Park again.  Almost immediately in the morning we saw 4 elephants alongside the road, clearly one of them was a matriarch because the other three were young.  Just underneath her, trying to hide from the sun (and from the sight of tourists like us)…