Breakfast nice and early and exchanged numbers with James and Phil and made our way to reception where we experienced a bit of pick up confusion with driver Peter. His information was only John x2 so that’s all he was expecting and had prepared for. Once that was sorted we were good to go and to my joy we had been assigned a huge great Toyota Land Cruiser with pop top and everything. Absolutely perfect. Although it became clear very shortly that for the safaris this was the transport of choice. Still, I didn’t expect one so was delighted by it!
Driving along once outside of Arusha was fantastic, the plains and grassland and the familiar shaped trees surrounding us as a convoy of safari jeeps made their way out to the National Parks. Sun shine down and the feeling of no rules on the road. Colourful and garish minibuses going past us.
The river beds had dried out and the further we travelled the more “African” it felt. Goat and cattle herders (quite often in national dress) walking along beside the road or further inland.
100% what you imagine Africa to be like. Loved it.
Tarangire park
Zebra, water buffalo, gazelle,
Rift valley. Kinosi. Kicongo? Mosquito river. T7 road
Bustling and busy at 3.45pm. Kids all leaving school. Walking along the dusty road with no obvious destination
Mto Wa Mbu busy town. Almost prosperous. Women sat at roadside selling bananas. But the shops and bars were nicer. Still really run down and ramshackle. Very, very green.
Rice plantations. Bananas.
Sheer rock face ahead of us. Overlooking a huge lake as we drove up the side of the hill.
What’s the Tanzanite experience? Mining. But which type?
Karatu town
Red mud everywhere. So dirty and where it’s wet must be so hard to deal with. Corrugated iron buildings or brick.
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