Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Tanzania Update

This is unfortunately going to have to be short and no photos again - we are not able to use our own computer at this stop, so can't upload what we've already written or photos.

We left Uganda, sadly, yesterday and fly to Nairobi, Kenya (not really sure why) then on to Arusha, Tanzania. The flight from Kenya to Tanzania had propellers and happy to report everyone did fine. (We'll see about the 12 seat plane back from Serengti!) We were picked up at the airport by our new guide, Paul. He's good, but he's no Stephen (from Uganda). We then went to our lodging for the night which was a few minutes from the airport, but was very nice. Had a nice dinner then went to sleep.

We woke up this morning at 6:30, ate breakfast and were out by 7:30 to Lake Manyara National Park where we did about 5-6 hours of safari driving. There were tons of animals - elephants, giraffe, antelope, warthogs, and lots of birds again. We say a leapard kill in a tree, but unfortunately, no leapard eating it. We arrived at the Plantation Lodge, an old coffee plantation converted to a lodge. Our room is great - huge and very nice. We took a short walk around the property, and then are going to eat dinner.

This may be the last update until we get home - not sure about the internet beyond.

Enjoy!
-Jon

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