Good intentions....
I was sure I'd post every day and add photos...but there iw just no time. I have to combine days, and even now, I don't have it all sorted out!
It is starting not to matter too much when things happened....it was all so grand and unbelievable....I just have to keep looking at my photos t remember it all.
It is starting not to matter too much when things happened....it was all so grand and unbelievable....I just have to keep looking at my photos t remember it all.
August 4th
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAMMY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAMMY!
I tried to call Aug. 3rd but for some reason could not get a call to your cell phone....it turns out no calls were going out for the entire stay at that lodge. I was thinking of you heading to Nantucket and wishing you would have a great birthday while away.
photos to come....
August 5th....photos.to come....
August 6th
Hippos piled in a shallow pool 8/6/12
Lioness in the shade
August 6th
I am 7 hours ahead here....so it is still Monday.
I have had the most amazing week....
I saw my first elephant at Lake Manyara and took photo and videos only to find out the memory card was not in the camera. But I got to see many more elephants.
It is now Monday, August 6th. I have not had any phone or internet for 5 days. I also have no free time...up at 5:30 Am and on the road by 7 am....it is kind of grueling. We drive for hours in a bumpy 4 wheel land cruiser over rutted dirt roads. It is not easy....but worth it!
I have pictures to publish for each day, but not until tomorrow. I am just catching up....
Tonight I am sleeping in a perfect "out of Africa" room with a 4 poster bed and mosquito netting...I feel likeI am dreaming.
My hotel, the Soroi Lodge, has 24 thatched roof cabins that are all dark wood inside and some of the walls are tent-like. It overlooks a valley and "hangs" off the side of a cliff. Dinner was in a room with no walls or windows and there were tables on a deck below for lounging. We are not allowed to walk anywhere after dark or before sunrise and must get an escort because of the animals. there is nothing around for miles. No stores, no towns. On the road in to the lodge, there were zebra, baboons, monkeys, gazelles, cape buffalo, (one dead carcass, recently killed), and lots of exotic birds.
I heard a loud call outside when I went out to use the outdoor shower late at night. All is well....
I have to post some pix from the last few days tomorrow."
This is really a remote 3rd world place to be and I cannot expect or rely on any of the things we take for granted.
I have had the most amazing week....
I saw my first elephant at Lake Manyara and took photo and videos only to find out the memory card was not in the camera. But I got to see many more elephants.
It is now Monday, August 6th. I have not had any phone or internet for 5 days. I also have no free time...up at 5:30 Am and on the road by 7 am....it is kind of grueling. We drive for hours in a bumpy 4 wheel land cruiser over rutted dirt roads. It is not easy....but worth it!
I have pictures to publish for each day, but not until tomorrow. I am just catching up....
Tonight I am sleeping in a perfect "out of Africa" room with a 4 poster bed and mosquito netting...I feel likeI am dreaming.
My hotel, the Soroi Lodge, has 24 thatched roof cabins that are all dark wood inside and some of the walls are tent-like. It overlooks a valley and "hangs" off the side of a cliff. Dinner was in a room with no walls or windows and there were tables on a deck below for lounging. We are not allowed to walk anywhere after dark or before sunrise and must get an escort because of the animals. there is nothing around for miles. No stores, no towns. On the road in to the lodge, there were zebra, baboons, monkeys, gazelles, cape buffalo, (one dead carcass, recently killed), and lots of exotic birds.
I heard a loud call outside when I went out to use the outdoor shower late at night. All is well....
I have to post some pix from the last few days tomorrow."
This is really a remote 3rd world place to be and I cannot expect or rely on any of the things we take for granted.
That said, here’s the most beautiful room I’ve seen while
traveling.
May as well throw in the bathroom too...
Started the day at 6:30 Am breakfast...then took a quick
hike up to the top of the kopje (big rock) upon which the hotel I stayed in last night is built.
The rock walk at Lobo Lodge
The rock walk at Lobo Lodge
Into the cars....
Some of the animals we found today were a family of elephants drinking at a pool,
A pair of giraffes about 10 feet from the truck, a female ostrich sitting in the road, and the male finding her...and some hungry hippos! We found a lioness under a tree...it was a great day.
Some of the animals we found today were a family of elephants drinking at a pool,
A pair of giraffes about 10 feet from the truck, a female ostrich sitting in the road, and the male finding her...and some hungry hippos! We found a lioness under a tree...it was a great day.
Our fleet of stretch Toyota Land Cruisers fortified with concrete-like interiors.
Elephants drinking at a water hole.
African giraffe soars against the sky
Female Ostrich sitting in the middle of the road.
The female is joined by the colorful male, whose legs are bright pink during the mating season.
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