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Published: March 4th 2009
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Day 268 (3/1/09)
Back on the road again we had a quick stop a Nakuru for the truck and ourselves to refuel, coffee o’clock.
We arrived back at Karen Camp Nairobi, Kenya (our initial launching point) and it was truck clean time. We were each allocated individual tasks, Carly and Mike set to refilling and cleaning the jerry cans (woohoo!) whilst Jez and team were sweeping, wiping and mopping the truck. With the truck now sparkling from head to toe (or wheel to rim) we set off to the Giraffe sanctuary with a crazy taxi driver who opted for swerving off road to avoid pot holes rather then slowing down. Somehow we arrived at the sanctuary in one piece. The Giraffe sanctuary was established in 1979 in a bid to save the endangered Rothschild giraffes. It is dedicated to educating the public, researching giraffes and other endangered species and rehabiliating injured and orphaned giraffes. We took turns at hand feeding the giraffes and watched in amazement the over enthusiastic yanks mouth- fed them. Tonguing a giraffe ….only a yank could do it... repeatedly.
Next we were entertained by some rooting tortoises, whom the male much to Jez's delight "grunted" enthusiastically throughout.
The little kid in Carly couldn’t resist the children’s face painting and somehow convinced everyone else to join in, our very adult group of eight leaving as cats, rabbits, spiderman, batman, mice, lions and making the ride home even more entertaining as we waved at everyone in sight from our taxi’s!(Very confused Musungu's!)
Back at camp we had drink and game or two of bocce before changing (yes out of the facepaint) and farewelling those of our crew not continuing down to Cape Town. After three weeks of all but fantastic camp food we were ecstatic to see a real menu and couldn't resist the steak and red wine. It was a fantastic evening but we were sad to see our new mate’s go back home (We hope to catch up again soon!).
Day 269
Up and at ‘em, we headed into town for a quick shop before our truck was invaded with 14 “Newbies”, more Aussies, a kiwi couple, an American couple, Norwegian, more Brits and our spacious truck was now crowded.
From Kenya we cruised over to Tanzania after lots of roadworks and diversions we finally arrived at Snake Park, Arusha right on dusk. We quickly set
our tents up, and whilst the newbies were acquainted to the truck and their tent we set to whipping up a quick stir fry. We headed to the bar to become acquainted with our soon to be new mates, over a few too many vodka doubles, springbok shots and the vicious ‘Ma’s revenge’ compliments of Franko taking revenge of Jez after a cocktail beer bong earlier in the trip long into the early hours of the morning.
Day 270
Despite the allocated sleep in, our fellow campers were up bright and early strangely playing music and singing as they packed away their tents. So we were for up for breaky and headed off on a Masaii Village walk with our tour guide Jack. Along the way to the traditional hut we accrued a following of children, who enjoyed being spun silly whilst we visited the huts in smaller groups and were educated on the traditional beliefs regarding male and female circumcision and marriage. Next stop was the education center where children and adults alike are educated in math, language including English, German and French and have access to computers free of charge. Back at camp we quickly packed up
our tents and had lunch with the excitement brewing in lue of our trip to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. We divided into three jeeps the 'oldies' (as we were now known) climbed in Nuts, Noodles, Vicky , Owen, Jez and Carly and set off. An hour in we stopped at a view point over the crater adding to the anticipation for the next couple days. We arrived at very swish Katuna camp to our amazement our tents had been set up for for us. So we headed to the bar but with exorbitant prices we enjoyed a the luxuries of the sofa’s and the wandered into town. With little to see we headed back arriving just in time for dinner(also cooked for us). After we caught a quick glimpse of the local traditional dancers and headed to bed in preparation for our early start.
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