Our last full day on Safari. We survived the night. I was woken up about 6 or 7 times by the howls, the roars and the tent break-in attempts. Shona slept through the lot. We had a breakfast in the main 'mess' tent and got underway. I asked Frank whether he could show us any … Continue reading The Serengeti – Day Two
The next two days are spent in the Serengeti. Unlike Ngorongoro, the Serengeti is a wide open plain, stretching from Tanzania into Kenya; 14,750 sq km in size. It's big. As we leave the Ngorongoro park areas, the land looks increasingly arid; brush land, sparse with trees and shrubs and very flat and dusty. Shona … Continue reading The Serengeti – Day One
Leaving the lodge early on the 26th, we headed back into the Ngorongoro conservation area; back up the windy, bumpy road and disappearing into the cloud blanketing the rim of the crater. Passing by the descent route into the crater, we continued along the rim, before dropping down the other side into the vast plains … Continue reading The Masai
Saturday 24th August Wrenched out of bed at 3:50am for a 4:20 taxi, I did the final turndown of the house while Shona slumbered on; her usual fine art of maximising sleep and getting up and out of the door in minutes. Our 6am flight to Amsterdam and onward connection to Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania … Continue reading Tanzania – Ngorongoro
The opening Forgive me reader for I have sinned. It has been 1342 days since my last confession. TravelPod, our previous travel blogging platform is no more. It went the way of the Dodo, of Bebo, of Dido. We have a record; Shona spent a couple of months compiling those six months of blog whitterings … Continue reading A new heartbeat
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