We bless the rains down in Africa, gunna take some time...

[bPeteb]

South African bubbly breakfast was excellent. A lovley young guy called Collins looked after us all. Lots fo interesting and funny conversation with the tour operators


a few too many glasses of bubbles were had, especially considering we were going straight out on a long morning safari. Jackson was at the gate waitng for us butu we didn't go into the park. We went back up the road towards the balloon base and veered off. There were some cheetahs up here somewhere

and here they are. Brilliant!!



into the park and Kili disappearing. We were so lucky


big tusker to greet us

more elephants



cattle are allowed to a specific waterhole for specific times. The Masai farmers are acompanied by armed Kenya Wildlife Service rangers


crowned cranes make another appearance


dusty elephants.


We were told Amoboseli translates to salty dust and boy was it dusty. I wore by snood all day to try to reduce the intake of dust through nostrils and mouth. This is at the end of the wet season too. It would be appalling in the middle of the dry. Huge dust devlis everywhere around us all of the time

 

[Seat0B]

Some of those photos of animals are just gorgeous! Loving it all.

 

[bPeteb]

flamingoes

saddle bill stork


we followed another vehicle through this. Jackson said they had just dumped rocks in it without any attempt to press them in. Gee was it rough. Right towards the end it dipped quite deep


this Hiace then came through and went way down as it hit the deep spot but miraculaously kept running


then he pulled over to supposedly let us pass and ended up like this


both the guide and passengers were beyond stupid. he left the passengers in the vehicle, and they just stood there smiling, on the low side through the extraction process. Lucky we had a V8 Landcruiser


the abandoned Amboseli Lodge. This is what happens because of family fueds. Two brothers fighting over repairs after flooding, nothing done, and it falling into ruin




and with that Amboseli was done. We were all glad to get out of the dust.

Two of our lovely restauarnt staff - Yusef and Amos


After dinner drinks in Hemingways with Emmanuel's story about the house to another new group of listeners. Waited until it was just us to get these photos


Day 17 draws to a close. Just two more days of this amazing safari to go

 

[kookaburra75]

I thought your earlier photos with Kilimanjaro in the background were spectacular, but those from your balloon ride were fantastic.
Although MrsK asked what was this, "... a few too many glasses of bubbles...", you spoke of? A foreign concept to us

 

[bPeteb]

I thought your earlier photos with Kilimanjaro in the background were spectacular, but those from your balloon ride were fantastic.
Although MrsK asked what was this, "... a few too many glasses of bubbles...", you spoke of? A foreign concept to us

No toilets out there although that's a bit of a white lie. We were taken to the Serena lodge for a luxury per

 

[tgh]

All this brings back some wonderful memories; we covered the periphery of the Mara on horseback and had lots of "experiences"...
A visit to a Masai village was interesting.. very real and a tad sobering..
The head honcho came out and gabbled away in Swahili with Tristan.. he was very traditionally dressed but among the paraphernalia, knives at al..there was a woven pouch containing a brand new Nokia mobile phone..
I was a little surprised to learn that even then (20+years? ) the Mara had blanket mobile coverage

 

[JohnM]

I was a little surprised to learn that even then (20+years? ) the Mara had blanket mobile coverage

Leap-frogging wires and leading to the great success of innovative M-Pesa in Kenya: M-Pesa - Wikipedia.

 

[VPS]

Leap-frogging wires and leading to the great success of innovative M-Pesa in Kenya: M-Pesa - Wikipedia.

Great innovation

No toilets out there although that's a bit of a white lie. We were taken to the Serena lodge for a luxury per

Loving this TR but do sing the song every time it comes up in my unread threads