After two break downs (burst waterpipe, hole in fuel tank) and some
minor surprises on the money front, "how much?" which seem to be an
African refrain, we still think it is all worth it.
Two days ago we saw two male cheetahs making a kill on the road from
Narok into Masai Mara (outside the park, before you pay the entrance
fees, and almost hidden off the road). Mark has sharp eyes and
spotted them. We stayed there for 90 minutes whilst the cheetahs ran
and hid from a Masai who we then bribed to go away. He of course
interpreted this as an excuse to hang around! The cheetahs came back
and took turns standing guard whilst feeding. Gorgeous!
Yesterday we saw the wildebeast migration across the Mara river.
Twice, in one day, and only because Mark and I have poor bladder
control and had to use the facilities at Hippo point (everyone else
had left 5 minutes earlier). Absolute carnage, 4 out of 10 failed to
make the other bank and floated down the river as corpses. Meanwhile
thousands of other wildebeast stampeded into the jam of thrashing,
drowning, exhausted animals. Madness.
Amusingly the Kenyan army, rather than guarding the border, instead
escort tourists to see the crossing sites and the wildebeast milling
around Hippo point. Nice little sideline but they did spend all
afternoon with us while we gloried at the spectacle, so we gave them a
lift back to their base (ak47's, bolt action rifles and all).
Today we did a balloon safari, VERY expensive but did see two lions
making seperate kills in 5 minutes.
I think if we see nothing else for the next two weeks we would still be lucky.
Tonight we have to burn many DVD's so we can actually take some more
photo's. Expect us to burn the midnight oil, after 3 nights of 4
hours sleep, this is very tough.
Can anyone hear the puny violins playing???
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4 comments:
Sounds like you're having a great time and seeing lots of animals up close. Plus the usual very African experiences. But try to pace yourselves a bit otherwise you'll end up totally knackered and unable to enjoy yourselves. Kathy
Glad to hear the laptop is holding up!
You do realise that if you wanted to see wild animals ripping each other to pieces we could have just taken Tony for a night out in Glasgow.
Everything at RBS under control. Hope you guys are having fun ;)
Hi you two.
Sounds like you're having the time of your life in Africa...and still many more countries to visit on your travels.
We've had our first day of frost in Scotland...3 degrees and really cold; not something that you could relate to right now!.
Everyone at Bain Square sends their best wishes to the 2 of you.
Avril
Hey guys
You sound to be having an awesome time... I can't believe you've seen so much already, and I can't wait to see some pics. I've just got stoats/weasels (s'totally different and weasily wecognised I know)to accompany your tales of lions, pee stops and cheetahs (oh my) at the moment!
Have a Stoney Tangawizi for me and think of us trudging through the snow!
E x
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