6.02.2014 – 6.02.2014 24 °C If you are familiar with the terrible kids programme from the late 70s, HR Puff and Stuff you may recognise today’s blog title. For those of you with more sense, I’d better explain! One of the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Chapter 13: “Shooting” the Big 5
6: The new safari suit
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5.02.2014 – 5.02.2014 25 °C Today’s blog is going to be fairly short and sweet as we spent half of the day travelling from Tarangire (which I found out today is actually two words- Tara- meaning river and Ngire- meaning warthog!… … Continue reading
5: Roar!
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4.2.2014 – 4.2.2014 29 °C As the title suggests, we cracked #4 of the Big 5.. we saw a lion (actually we saw one and glimpsed another!!!) So day 2 of actual Safari-ing and we’ve already seen four of the five … Continue reading
4: 3 of the Big 5!!!!
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3.02.2014 – 3.02.2014 33 °C First day on Safari started with a two hour drive out to Tangire NP, through many traditional Masaii lands. Much of the countryside reminded me of western NSW- soft rolling hills dotted with farmsteads (or in … Continue reading
3: Pedestrian “paths”
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2.02.2014 – 2.02.2014 34 °C Very uneventful day. Two flights to get us to Kilimanjaro. Day started with us arriving at the airport to discover that our plane was boarding immediately and that the “plane was leaving early”. It turned out … Continue reading
2: Mandiba!
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1.02.2014 – 1.02.2014 24 °C A nice sleepy start to the day with me spending a good hour during the night wide awake looking at the ceiling (well, actually at my e-book!) Our first full day on African soil was spent … Continue reading