After the longest bumpiest dustiest bus ride we have ever taken, we arrived in Arusha cover in red dust and dying for a shower, only to arrive at the Faji's house and find out that there is no water (part of living in Africa....water is scarce). After a warm welcome and a change of clothes they greeted us with open arms and a delicious meal. Their house is on one of the main streets of Arusha with a breath taking view of Mt.Meru.
The next day we were pleased to wake up and find out that they finally had water, so after a nice shower we were excited to explore the town. Our first stop was the market, then we headed to the other end of town where all of the streets sellers are located. After a long afternoon we were dying to a drink so we found a local bar, which has now been our go to spot.
We have now just returned from Safari, we had an amazing 3 days and 2 nights in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. First day we travelled to the Serengeti (another long and bumpy and very dusty trip). We had a great first day, we saw a cheetah with it's kill in a tree, family of elephants with babies, lion family with babies, and about a million wildebeast and zebras. We stayed the night at an amazing hotel and were really excited for the next day. We left early in the morning and had an even better 2nd day. We were lucky enough to watch a heard of zebras cross a river only to be hunted by an awaiting lion. We saw the whole chase and kill, it was so cool, except for the fact that the lion caught a baby zebra, so that was sad....but I guess its the circle of life.
After a great day in Serengeti we heading to Ngorongoro Crater, were we spent another night at a great hotel and met lots of nice people. Our last day we heading into the Crater in search of the elusive Rhino. After a whole day searching it was time to go and we thought that we were out of luck, until the last corner we turn..there it was...the Rhino. So we ended on a great note and headed back to Arusha. It was a great Safari, definitely a highlight so far
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| Our bus from Mombasa to Arusha |
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| Mt. Meru |
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| The Crater from above |
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| Mama and baby |
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| The view from our balcony |
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| The attack! |
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| This Lion loved us and walked right up to our car, we could have touched it! |
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| Buffalo.....No 1 Killer of humans in the park... |
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