Leaving Africa. Jambo!

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It's our final day in Africa before flying out to Mumbai, India this afternoon. I'm glad to say that we have survived it with all of our belongings and body parts intact! From everything you read and hear about both safari and the crime rate in cities, it must be somewhat of a miracle!

We spent the last few days on safari again, at the Masai Mara (yes, for the second time!). As well as all the usual false alarms (crocologs, hippopotracks etc...) we saw all of the big five again apart from the elusive rhino. Some of the highlights were a family of ostriches with about 30 tiny babies, a family of a mother leopard with 5 cute cubs, a pride of lions including males and cubs, and the all time highlight, another near-kill, this time involving a leopard. We watched as she crept closer to the prey, some sweet-looking Thomson gazelle, before changing into a trot, and then a full-out run, just missing them! It was thrilling to watch the chase though.

Before that, we spent a week on the island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. It far exceeded my expectations, with the crumbling narrow alleyways of stone town, and the world-class white sand beaches with turquoise waters. We did some snorkelling and saw parrot fish, lion fish, pipe fish, an eel, and sea snakes to name a few. No turtles or shark though, as in Bali.

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Photos

Zanzibar
Life along the beach

King of the Jungle !
2nd Masai Mara Trip

Comments

[Andi and Paul]

RESULT!!! Found it - bit short and sweet though!