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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 […]
10 August 2015
We had breakfast in the round shed near to the reception building. Kim had bought some tomatoes on the first day of the safari and brought it along for breakfast. The waiter offered to have it cooked and when he understood that he wanted it fresh on his toast, he fetched a sharp serrated knife […]
9 August 2015
We had breakfast in the elegant restaurant of Endoro Lodge before setting off at 0900. We had asked the lodge to convey to Richard a half hour delay so we could enjoy the beautiful surroundings but that message had not been passed on. As we left through the village and main road, I couldn’t help […]
8 August 2015
Breakfast at the hotel included what looked like a yummy beef stew. It turned out to be liver. Eeewwww! Along with coffee and tea, there were three kinds of drinking chocolate, namely Milo, Ovaltine and Cadbury’s! Tanzanians must be cocoa connoisseurs as I noticed that in other places there was more than one on offer! […]
7 August 2015
After breakfast we set off for the airport allowing plenty of time due to the traffic jam we experienced on the way in, two days ago. We go a taxi from the hotel. On the way, we confirmed our earlier observation that Toyotas rule in Tanzania. Most cars in the country are Toyotas. Just from […]
6 August 2015
Recovery Due to retiring at 2000 last night, I woke around midnight but managed to sleep till 0400 then doze till 0645. That’s nearly 11 hours of sleep compared to the usual 6 that I make do with. My body must have felt traumatised from yesterday to have needed all that recovery. Getting a taste […]
5 August 2015
Leaving Dubai We set the alarm for 0640 and had banana, yoghurt and muesli before taxiing to the airport around 0800 for our 1050 flight. We had been issued our staff travel boarding passes already online; Emirates processes these 6h before the flight unlike our own airline which does it about 1h before the flight. […]
2 April 2014
Above: One can see the pyramids faintly through Cairo’s pollution. My departure for for Hong Kong via Istanbul tonight is 2025 which would require a departure from town about 1630. Last night, I had negotiated a late checkout of 1400 for free with the hotel. A standard checkout of 1200 doesn’t leave much time for […]
1 April 2014
At the pyramids This morning, I set out for the Great Pyramids at Giza. Hopefully, I’d be third time lucky aas the first and second times I didn’t get to go inside of the big pyramids. The hotel had offered a car for USD35 including waiting time and going to the Egyptian museum (10 minutes […]