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A lilac breasted roller, a bird that we saw many of last year in south western Africa That was pretty much it. It was getting warm and Jackson suggested we call it and we agreed. Some local livestock being herded down the road Back to Ikweta where lunch time was approaching. Tilapia for...

We then went into the rhino sanctuary where there are 30ish black and white rhino. Chances of seeing? Very slim. Lots of grazers though as there are no predators inside the low and quite unusual electric fence. We came to a busy zebra crossing then behind a bush I saw something dark grey...

Day 2 Ikweta Camp - Meru National Park Apart from the ‘waking up at 3’ thing, we both had good sleeps. bAlt managed to go back to sleep and went through to 6 and I had another half hour after editing photos. We’d said breakfast at 6.30 for our 7.30 start. Fruit, poached eggs and toast for us...

A day ahead of the rest of this post but this was 10 minutes into the drive to Samburu after we’d entered the adjoining park. Full zoom on my iPhone. Better photos to come

that iconic African sunset shot an elephant with a broken ear a giraffe splaying legs and eating down and two end the afternoon a couple of zebras. We had an absolute ball. bStut couldn't believe what he had just seen. It brough bAlt and me so much joy to see the look on his face. When...

then the first of many elephants then elephants then some birds fish eagle golden kite? egrets more giraffes water bucks hippos, in Hippo Pond water buffalo more elephants, this time much closer

The entrance to Meru National Park Meru National Park | Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is about 2km from Ikweta. weaver bird nest a bird. Might even be a weaver. I suppose I could google it but oh well. Twitchers we are not 500 metres in and bStut’s intro kicked off - a big family of Olive...

We arrived at Ikweta Meru National Park Kenya Accommodation | iKWETA Safari Camp – Affordable Safari Luxury in eco-friendly natural elegance at about 2:30 We’d researched all of our accommodation and this is on the rustic end of where we’ll be staying. Tented chalets with ensuites, a central...

a few more from the drive. Scenery everchanging. Incredibly green and often we said to each other we could be driving at home. Well, except for the driving and the towns we drove through but it comes with triple QF points

We were in the lift on our way down when Jackson messaged to say he’d arrived. We are going to have a ball with this guy. We hadn’t seen bStut’s bags until now. Two hard shell bags - a large and a carry-on size - and a backpack. We both have a medium wheelie duffle, a backpack and a small...

Safari begins! Yesterday afternoon a series of messages from ToA. Albert let me know who our guide was going to be and when he’d be picking us up. Jackson our guide with the funniest message introducing himself, and telling us when he’d be picking us up. Then Albert again let me know our...

We do have some tape so I could roll it back up again. Maybe...

Thanks so much Sambol. I have a few colleagues who would love me to visit them in Hyd. Another group in Pune. It’ll have to be next time :)

The hotel has quite an odd internal ‘atrium’ that has a solid roof over it and is boarding on dark. On level one, just outside our room, is this weird garden area full of weird dome structures, plastic plants and small water features. They have a tea/coffee station set up in the space where you...

Nairobi is such a crazy architectural mish mash and it was all down below and around us. Buildings from the late 1800s right through to modern skyscrapers with art deco, brutalist, modernist and every other style of architecture built beside each other. So much is in a state of disrepair but...

Breakfast was a pretty standard buffet with some interesting Indian additions. No photos taken first morning We looked for food tours in Nairobi and there really wasn’t much on offer so then we searched on walking tours and ended up booking this - 2025 City Tour/Feel Like a local for a moment...

Yes, I knew you knew it well. First time for us. City Lodge last year.

Albert was waiting outside the hotel when we arrived. Super lovely guy in person. We were given some t-shirts as a gift from Tapestry but Albert warned us traight away he thought the sizing might be wrong. bStut arrived from Dubai earlier in teh afternoon and something was mentioned about Kevin...

We're pretty economical with our clothes when we travel so what we'd worn down to Sydney on Thursday night and went into our backpacks as our 'if our bags don't arrive t-shirts' came back out today. We can do a small wash when we get to our first lodge. Pulled back the curtains and a BA A380...

Bags came out pretty quickly and we were on out into the craziness that is road side at JNB where everyone wants to be your friend and help you. We were staying at the Protea and knew where the shuttles left from but still someone tagged along and then asked for a tip when all he'd done was...