The Explorer`s
(sharon, derek, sue, jed, mark, anna, tasha, toby, claire, claire, sue, matt, ian, myself, helen, amanda, jenny ...)
Venturing into Nairobi... the buses speed round the city, packed full of people.
Giraffe Santuary near Nairobi.
Masai `Snake Park` Campsite (it had a snake park in the campsite ! - including crocs, turtles and other reptiles)
Camel Ride to a Masia Village...
Toby and Matt (maggot)
One of the many villages we sped through with the daily market in full swing..
trying to catch the sites on our non-stop tour...
Serengeti and the Norongoro Crater.
a tyre blew out as we enter the Serengeti Resever at 6pm, just as it was starting to get dark and the animals were coming out to feed !
Black Rhino...
Elephants !
Flamingos..
More Giraffe (in the wild this time!)
Hyena..
we encountered many strange animals attemping to cross the dirt track roads
after we finally got out of the Serengeti, (after going down the same road 5 times!!), we stopped at the first campsite, and got down to some serious eating... whilst trying to dodge the numerous insects and ants all as hungry as we were.
the truck didnt seem to like hills, so we had to get out and walk (mostly up hills)
some of the hotels said they didnt have room for all of us...
The Menengai Crater, famous for tourists visiting it and buying lots of `soap stone` carvings.
another quick piss stop...
Karachi Tea Planatations
Near the end of the 2 week tour we camped by a Hippo lake,
..... also close to `Hells Gate` national park, where we got on some rickety old bikes..
South of Mombasa at Tiwi Beach. Definately the best part of the holiday.
cooking up freshly caught fish on a spontaneous barbecue...
the guy who carved stuff, like my didgeridoo.
The palm tree lined beach .....
Lessons in Coconut stripping from the locals...
