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12th August Saturday DAY 22 NGORONGORO CRATER to ARUSHA Another chilly 6am wake up, but driving to the crater with the thick fog and moss hanging off the trees gave it a very eerie feeling, and worth it. As we turned and headed to the rim of the crater I was so excited to be finally about to descent into this amazing ecosystem and there was a beam of sunlight piercing the crater ground. We opened the rooftops and headed in. We drove around for a while before seeing anything but Laurence gave us some great Crater info (some animals are actually able to leave the crater). The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken caldera (a large crater in a volcano) in the world. It’s surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 meters from the crater ... read more

6th August Sunday DAY 16 NAIROBI to MAASAI KENYAN BEER: Pilsner lager **½, White Cap **½ We got up early, left the tents and headed to town, meeting some of the new people at Hotel Boulevard and cramming into the matatu’s. There were some new people in the matatu that I shared with Robin and Bron. Heather and Nick (married Aussies), Cat (English) and Helen (English). There were great views as we headed down into the Rift Valley stopping at a huge souveneers shop with masses of wood carvings. Back on the road we started to pass Maasai warriors with their herds of cattle and goats. One Warrior was even naked next to a dam, lathering up with soap! The scenery was absolutely stunning consisting of open grasslands of savannah, and some weird but very cool ... read more

31st July Monday DAY 10 NKURINGO to LAKE BUNYONYI Left Nkuringo around 9am to head back down the winding mountainous bumpy road. We saw the crested crane in some paddocks, the national bird of Uganda. Once back with the truck Chobe I washed all the dishes that we took with us and cleaned out all the food crates. Cat and I then went for a refreshing swim in the lake, which was cold and it was hard not to scream as our feet touched the slimy lake floor. We had a little bitch about the lazy people of the tour, then sunbaked for a while. We even saw some sea otters in the water. We had a buffet dinner again and Dave came to sit with us later. He had yet another girly moment when he ... read more

24th July Monday DAY 3 KENYA, ELDORET - UGANDA, JINJA Had to get up for 6am to leave at 7am and it was hard. All I wanted was a quiet lie in for 5 minutes but Robin was making so much noise shuffling around in the tent with her sleeping bag and I ended up snapping at her. Today was our first border crossing day and all we had to do was give Helen our passports and $US30 and we were through. It did take a little time but we were plenty entertained with the locals, swapping magazines for bananas. I wanted to swap a book that would have gotten us a whole bunch but Julia cracked the shits. But you should have seen the pleasure they got from looking at the magazine, it broke my ... read more

Tues 27th June - The bus to London wasn’t the most comfortable as the heater was pumping out next to me. Brett and I hung out at the bus stop while I waited for my bus to Manchester. The bus was only 8 pounds and I when arrived 4 ½ hours later it was so nice to see a familiar face - Jo. Jo’s mum Janet and sister Lyndsey were there also. Back and Jo and Jon’s I had the yummiest chicken sandwich ever and the best shower and went to bed. It took me a while to sleep as I was still trying to take everything in. I was finally in Manchester catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in over 2 years. Everything is good. 28th June Wed - Jo cooked me a traditional ... read more