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20 August 2015
We were pleased to see our noisy mainland neighbours move out today. Little did we know till the evening that a bigger group of mainlanders were moving in. After breakfast, Kim spent a bit of time catching up with friends on the internet till mid-morning when we walked to the beaches. We walked east past […]
19 August 2015
Despite the 2h time difference, I woke up surprisingly early at 0745. We both wanted a sluggish start and didn’t take breakfast till 0845. In view of our 1500 departure to Maafushi, we opted to stay in till check-out at 1200. I edited photos while Kim read his book. We had lunch at a waterfront […]
18 August 2015
We got our boarding passes an hour prior to departure; we were seated in the same noisy area as our two previous Emirates Boeing 777-300ER flights. We were fortunate again to have a spare seat to be shared between us. Due to a different configuration, there was a wall immediately behind us which blocked off […]
17 August 2015
Today is a big day for we depart Kiwengwa for Male in Maldives, taking three flights in succession. At 0900 we got picked up by the driver who had dropped us of at Kiwengwa. His name is Said Abdullah (Happy Servant/Slave of God). This was our big day of flying, starting with Zanzibar to Dar […]
16 August 2015
Above: Lobster and squil for dinner. I woke at 0400 and had trouble getting back to sleep; so I slept in till around 0830 and had breakfast. The offering wasn’t the most generous; perhaps it was Italian or continental style light breakfast. We went for a walk on the beach before it got too hot […]
15 August 2015
After breakfast, we checked out. Kim went down the road to search for a taxi at the right price. The hotel here had quoted USD40 to get to Kiwengwa and the hotel at the destination had quoted a similar price of EUR35. We had been offered TZS50000 (USD25) by a random driver yesterday and this […]
14 August 2015
It was a bit rainy this morning but that worked well for us. We had known for some time that Kim’s upcoming subload flight from Male to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific was very full. The situation had deteriorated and it is now sold out. The preceding days were only marginally better and if he […]
13 August 2015
After breakfast we packed up and checked out at the prescribed time of 1000. The director asked how our stay was, so we explained that they had a bad apple receptionist and told him how one person made our second stay less pleasant. We walked to the shops and got ourselves a SIM card for […]
12 August 2015
Final Safari We opted for a late start today departing after breakfast at 0900. We pulled up to the bus stand where driver Richard’s wife was, and she said hello to us. It was about an hour to Lake Manyara National Park. It was very lush nearly like a tropical rainforest. Richard explained that that […]
11 August 2015
Richard suggested an earlier start because it could be a long day. We agreed to 0800 instead of our preferred 0830; he explained that it should be 0700 to 0800 ideally. We left the Ikoma village area and entered the flat grasslands of the Serengeti National Park. Richard showed us a carcass hung up a […]