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Day 20 Ashnil Aruba Tsavo East to Sentrim Royal Castle Mombasa around Ashnil Aruba Lodge. They have a small number of luxury tents that I have a feeling Jackson though we were in, the permanent units that we were in and 12 'club' rooms that opened the night we arrived we really liked the...

as we got to the lodge we could see LOTS of vehicles down the road leading along the side of the airfield. That could only mean one thing. Here is what we were surrounded by as the light started to fade. A pride of 19 lions in the oether direction bAlt was watching a very large group of...

another long conversation with Remitly tryng to get the money transfer to Jackson approved. It was for the Mmbasa guy and the train tickets. They were only KES1500 each for first class seats.The wifi was terrible and just as I was about to be called by them the wifi dropped out. I found a spot...

the entrance to Tsavo East that we used was just through Voi. Jackson had asked us if we'd be interested in catching the train into Mombasa from Voi instead of him dropping us off at our hotel. This meant he could head home to Nairobl much earlier. I was a bit torn as Tapestry is responsible...

Day 19 Last night of the safari Taita Hills to Ashnil Aruba, Tsavo East NP Loving the late starts. We didn't have to pack before we went to Salt Lick. Plenty of time when we got back to Taita. Full power available in the back of the vehicle whatever you wanted to charge quite an amazing...

Room already turned down when we decided to get out of the pool buffet menu displayed. Not that there's anywhere else to go if you think yeh, nah beautiful restaurant space, good food, and yet again lovely staff tonight's wine just us with driver and spotlighter to be totally honest it...

Hahahaha. Many, many years ago I was one of the doormen at the Hyatt at Sanctuary Cove. We wore a ridiculous outfit of jacket and jodphurs with pith helmet. We're the dags in shorts and thongs most of the time.

We ran into an issue at the gate. The Kenya Wildlife Service ranger would not let us exit the park. We had the receipt that showed our entry, but for some reason he was not accepting it. Jackson was getting super angry as we were getting close to missing lunch (none of us was going to...

we'd been in Tsavo West for quite a while and apart from the klipspringers we'd seen zero animals. We saw a couple of giraffes, a couple of lesser kudus, and oryx and some zebras having a huge kicking beano that we didn't manage to get any video of then we arrived at surprise number two, Mzuni...

Day 18 Amboseli Sopa to Taita Hills Resort and Spa, Tsavo West Some last shots around the Amboseli Sopa. Luxury late start of 08:00 Hemigngways towards the bottom right and our little bungalows just above it the truly giant Masai who greets and says goodbye to you at Sopa off we go...

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

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...

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...

all of these from the balloon and down after about 100 minutes one of the crazy gang of four Kenyan travel operators who were on a product famil missing from the photo. They were hilarious. All ran their own boutique agencies the great crew who looked after us Kili looking very...

for me Balozi followed by White Cap Lager, although we've just discovered White Cap Crisp here in Mombasa. We also like Tusker Light. Stay tuned. Day 17 Amboseli National Park including balloon safari and game drive straight after When we booked the trip a balloon safari was an option at...

the sun was on it's way down and we were on our way out. Kili was just about perfectly clear. Some final elephants. A close up encounter with a giraffe, and group photos with Kili in the background we decided againt a drink up at Hemingways after dinner. Early start in the morning for our...

Then it was time for a late afternoon Amboseli game drive. The lodge was about 20km outside of the park. My suggestion will be to ask if there isn't a lodge closer to the park that could be offered. Sopa is nice but driving time means less animal time :) As were were driving to the gate more of...

the lunch buffet, and the dinner and breakfast buffets, were a step up from any other lodge we'd stayed at mongeese. Yeh, ok, not a real word pudding!!

While we were waiting for lunch the head barman Emmanuel came and talked to us. He explained lots about the lodge but most of all about Hemingways, the bar very close to our bungalows. It was actually built by Ernest Hemingway in the late 50s. It is in the shape of Africa, and in the...

Day 16, the return to Kenya Chanya Lodge Moshi to Amboseli Sopa Lodge Open air dining and bar at Chanya our excellent, very quiet guide, Ernest on the road to the Tanzania - Kenya border just terrifying oranges the very, very long line of trucks waiting at the border crossing we'd...