Saturday, August 10, 2013

Friday, August 9th

- We woke up and made a dent in the previously mentioned 30 lbs of fruit. Had Masala chai “to go” from our new favorite restaurant in Nanyuki. The waitress was intrigued by our water bottle, which we put the tea into, so after drinking it, Roger quickly ran the water bottle back to the restaurant as a gift.
- Rode in a medium sized 5-person car with: 6 people, 7 pieces of luggage, 5 backpacks, and 2 purses (mostly a jungle of bags and limbs).  Needless to say, no seatbelts.
- Took a 1 hour plane ride in a 13 passenger plane from Central Kenya to the southern border with Tanzania. Some concern about overweight with our 7 pieces of luggage, but they accepted them.  No checking passports, no xray’ing luggage.  They didn’t’ even know our names, other than Marjie and “four more”.
- After being met by Juma, our guide for the next 5 days, we went on a brief game drive on our way from the Masai Mara airstrip to our stunning lodge.  Took naps.
- Went for a game drive and saw lots and lots (pictures to come)- lions, elephants, hundreds of zebras and wildebeests to name a few
- Zoe went for a fantastic run
- Had spectacular, warm showers
- Had a scrumptious, huge dinner

So basically, by the end of the day, we were one extraordinarily content family!

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