Jambo from Tanzania

Hello Everybody.

Tanzania is amazing! The pictures from above were taken in either Tarangire (pronounced Tar-ahn-gear-eh), the Ngorongoro Crater(A complete Alien World) or here in the Serengeti where we are now.

Today is day 5 of the Safari and we've been lucky enough to see all the animals we were looking forward to. The Big Five (Leopard, Lion, Buffalo, Rhino and Elephants), we saw a lion and a baby zebra square off, and surprisingly the Zebra won. Although we do have a pic above of where a Zebra lost (see lion with Zebra leg in mouth), we didn't see the kill though. We also saw 2 Giraffes trying to mate..there is a whole bunch of snark I can get into here..but I'll let it go ;), either way, let's just say the male had a lot of work to do :D

The bad news is we also saw the Bug Five (Sisi Flies (sp?), Spiders, Roaches, some weird bugs that move like star fish, mosquito's).

Travel Fact
Sisi flies are said to have single handedly driven the Massai from the Serengetti plain.

We also got very lucky in the Ngorongoro crater. Our original hotel had overbooked and we were then sent to a 7star Ngorongoro Crater Lodge..one of the pics from above is a view of the crater from the room. Suffice it to say it was the most amazing place Mel and I have ever stayed in.

We are "Luxury Camping" in the Serengetti for the next 2 days and then back to Arusha to rest for 3 days before the climb. (Nick : We are staying at Moivaro Lodge Dec 15, 16, Kibo Lodge Dec 17, then we climb from the 18th - 23rd, night of the 23rd at Kibo, 24-25 at Moivaro Cofee Lodge again). For those that don't know Nick is climbing up Kili while we are on the way down..good luck man!

Cheers