by Natalie | Nov 9, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Thursday 09 November 2006 We were up at 6.00 again this morning and finished packing before breakfast. The camp staff were already waiting to take our luggage as we left our tent, and we went for a light breakfast before signing the guest book and saying...
by Natalie | Nov 8, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Wednesday 08 November 2006 The hot water arrived at 6.00 and I was the one to get up first this time – those birds are so noisy, I had been awake half an hour already because of their singing. We had a light breakfast and then headed off on a full day...
by Natalie | Nov 7, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Tuesday 07 November 2006 We had a wake up call at 6.00 this morning and half an hour later we were having breakfast. After saying goodbye to the Austrian guests who were leaving, we set off for our morning bush walk. We set out by car initially so that we could...
by Natalie | Nov 6, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Monday 06 November 2006 We were up early for breakfast at 7.30. It was raining while we walked up to the dining area and there were lots of rain clouds – no sign of the sun! At 8.45 we met our driver (Deo) who drove us to Tarangire Gate. On the way we...
by Natalie | Nov 5, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Sunday 05 November 2006 Before I tell you about today I have to mention something that happened last night. After I had finished writing in my journal I took the candle to the bathroom to get ready for bed, Heiko was half asleep on the bed at the time. When I...
by Natalie | Nov 4, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Saturday 04 November 2006 This morning we were up very early to pack and check out before meeting Protty for breakfast at 6.00. Protty wasn’t feeling well so only had coffee. We were a bit wary of the food since I hadn’t been feeling well since...
by Natalie | Nov 3, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Friday 03 November 2006 We were up early again this morning and were at reception just before 6.00 to meet Protty – he was delayed at the kitchen because the kitchen staff hadn’t made our breakfast boxes. Protty came to tell us and was really...
by Natalie | Nov 2, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Thursday 02 November 2006 We were up very early this morning – the alarm went off at 4.15! At 5.00 we left the lodge and headed off to the balloon launch site. Today, we were having a balloon safari over the Serengeti (which in maasai means endless...
by Natalie | Nov 1, 2006 | Africa, Travel
Wednesday 01 November 2006 It was light when we got up this morning. Hot water arrived at 7.00 and as we got ready we packed our bags as well. We had a cooked breakfast and afterwards said our thanks and goodbyes to all of the staff. Then off we went to the...
by Natalie | Oct 31, 2006 | Ramblings
Tuesday 31 October 2006 It was so windy last night that we almost thought the tent would blow away! We had the front open with only the mesh to protect us but had to close it up properly because the wind was too noisy to sleep. At 5.30 the maasai came with hot...
