After our less than successful search for the hunters of Kondoa, we set out yesterday morning from Arusha to Lake Eyasi. And this time we had partners in crime. Our total cast included Chris Piley and Bea (from Bush2Beach Safaris) and a new addition: Our friend Eliza and her Masai boyfriend Lengolin. (Eliza has just moved to Tanzania to live with Lengolin.) The road to Eyasi is not nearly as long as the road to Kondoa and, thankfully, significantly better quality. Our arrival at Lake Eyasi was at dusk so we set up camp in the near dark. The full [View Full Entry]

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Lake Eyasi is one of a series of salt lakes near the Ngorogoro highlands. The plan was to camp near the lake and visit the Hadzabe tribe, a group of people culturally similar to the San Bushman. Our drive took us through some rough roads, which had James wishing (for the twentieth time) that he had brought his mountain bike. The campsite was fairly basic, but instead of bugs flying onto our plates, we had monkeys jumping onto our tent. Once again, camp was set up, we had lunch, then we set off to locate the Hadzabe. Our guide/translator was from [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 6th February. Anyone who has stayed in a camp is aware of 'early morning tea'. This is a wake-up call before dawn, for people wanting to go on a morning drive in the park. This morning we got up before we were able to get early morning tea, which could not be served earlier than 6 am. We had our alarm clocks on for 5.40am. It turned out to be only us four adults going, as Harriet's youngsters thought there were too few animals around to warrant getting up at that un-godly hour, and of my two one was ill [View Full Entry]

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