Blogs from Masai Mara NP, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa - page 17

So, long time no write, glad to try and keep up on here, but i can't believe i haven't written in so long. So quickly up to date since last blog, which was like two weeks ago. So we did the whole Tiwi shiz, which wascool again, nice to sweet b-all for a weekend again, chill out before the breakdown in da Mara. If you cant be bothered to read about boring boring mombasa theres capitals where my safari begins! We had a gander down the beach, i ended up buying two Ciqoys(defintely not right spelling) which are basically the thin towelly things loads of people wear.They are cool anyway, basically they are sarongs. Yeah so we just played poker in the night and came back late Sunday afternoon in time for tea. Not that tea ... read more

Fi chose to skip the final early morning game drive, but I went out with Simon to see if we could find a leopard. No luck there, but we did see a cheetah with a kill, as well as a pair of lions who had killed a baby hippo. We both felt pretty sad when it came time to say our goodbyes to the staff. They had all been so friendly and helpful, it was almost like staying with friends. We were both pretty quiet on the drive out to the airstrip. I guess we were reflecting on what a great time we’d had, together with the experience of getting married. The flight back from the Mara was uneventful. David, Terry and Jo’s driver met us at Wilson airport with the rest of our luggage and ... read more

Today’s the big day. I was up at 6am for the morning game drive, while Fi decided to have a lie-in. We went to a different part of the Mara this morning, south along the Mara river towards the Serena. We saw a large herd of elephant, a big pride of Spotted Hyena, a very large crocodile and the paradise pride loafing around on some rocks. I got back to find Fi was up and ready for breakfast. We were both getting pretty nervous by now, in fact, I think that if there weren’t armed guards surrounding the camp, she might have been tempted to make a break for it. We went to meet the priest, Farther Francis Thumbi. He was brilliant, and said that we could have whatever type of ceremony we wanted. We said ... read more

Hi there, Well, we just got back from our day around Cairo. Wow. Wow. Wow. Ooops......sorry.......I had promised myself I would find another word or two to use because you are probably getting tired of WOW. Ok, how about, beautiful, eye-opening, amazing, incredible, ageless reality, dusty, smog galore, lots of people, fantastic, surreal! Anyway, what a day! We have some quiet time now and I want to finish up the blog on Kenya. I promised you a part on our visit to the Masai Mara village. So here goes. The tour group broke up into 3 different sections and headed to different villages (so we wouldn't overwhelm the people). We arrived and Benson was our "village guide". He was quite proficient in English and most gentle and understanding with our questions. It cost each of us ... read more

Hi everyone, I think this is the part many of the young people have been waiting to see! And it was magical!!!!! I'll keep the note short for now as it is getting late and I am tired. I will add more detail tomorrow when I send Part 4 of Kenya, which included a special visit to a village in Masai Mara and my hot air balloon ride. What an eye-opener and what an adventure! So, we arrived in Masai Mara, and booked into the Keekorok Lodge where we stayed for 2 nights. It was a long drive and there were challenges when we arrived at the Lodge. I will say that Carl, our senior Tour Guide, is superb! He handled things very well and very professionally (the Lodge had double-booked and many of our people ... read more