Last night in Iringa. One night in Dar left before we fly home. Up at 6:30 tomorrow. Exhausted. Goodnight!

Argh! In an attempt to move it, Sally just flicked a spider at me! *deals with spider*

Really bedtime now! Goodnight!

Frogs!

Because we had some rain we now have a nigh-on biblical plague of frogs!

I'm exaggerating, of course. We just had one in our tent & three outside it just now...

Back at our campsite. Today was amazing - from the early morning start to the hippos & crocodiles in the river, to seeing a cheetah sunning itself - simply amazing! Exhausted now, though. Just had a shower, and getting ready for dinner at half 6 ( Read more... )

We are the only people here at the River Lodge... This makes me feel a little guilty - but also luxurious - there are at least ten staff on site who are here solely for our needs! :)

Outside on the sun deck watching dawn over the river. Amazing... There are a pair of mountains to the right of my view and it looks like the sun is coming up behind those - the early morning air is carrying a smell eerily reminiscent of TCP, and I can hear birds flying over the water, their plaintive cries echoing. Writing this down is causing ( Read more... )

Have woken up early & can't get back to sleep - crickets too noisy, even through earplugs! Going to watch the sun rise over the river. Our lodge is literally feet from the water's edge, during the night you can hear hippos grumbling and the frogs burping away. Horrible insects stopped after a few minutes with the light off, but it was swelteringly ( Read more... )

Just finished my first day on Safari. It was ace. Full list of what I've seen below - but the highlight was seeing 2 lions on the other side of a dry riverbed (500 yards) & feeling very lucky that we'd seen lions - then coming round a bend in the Land Rover and seeing two lions in the road at a distance of about ten feet. Then seeing three more ( Read more... )

Arrived at Iringa just after 13:00, after a 45 minute wait whilst the bus drivers turned the wheel brace the wrong way, tightening the nuts onto the wheel rather than loosening them... Eventually all fixed & back on the road. Met Miriam & Andrew, a couple of missionaries in Iringa, & had lunch with them, before going shopping for trinkets, then for ( Read more... )

Sat on a coach, waiting whilst the drivers change the burst tyre. Been on the coach since 6:45 - public transport starts *early* here! Hopefully another hour and a half or so to go. Thirsty and hungry, but don't want to drink anything as the coach doesn't stop for loo breaks ( Read more... )

Busy morning - went into town, waited whilst Anna paid the rent, then to a different bank to get money out, then went and got my suit & the mat we ordered, then went home. Went to Chai to say goodbye to Al's boss, then back home to pack before tomorrow...

Picnic lunch on '"World's end view" to come.