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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Cape Town to Nairobi Day 37 Serengetti National Park, Tanzania


This is why I booked this trip! THE SERENGETTI!!! In the first few hours of our tour we switched to 4x4 jeeps with pop up roofs. There were 5 of us + the driver in my truck which seated 9. YAY!!


First we stopped at a Masi village and watched and took part in a welcoming dance and jumping competition. Then got tours of their homes made of sticks and cow manure. We stopped by their elementary school where we met children aging from 3 to 6 ish and they sang us their ABC’s and 123’s which was very cool. I took pictures of the children and showed them themselves on the screen of the camera and they loved it. At this point I can say that the commercials you see on tv of starving children are quite accurate, however, the children I saw looked very happy even though I thought their living conditions were appauling.
 
I found it odd that they eat absolutely no vegetables. They only eat beef, cows milk, and cows blood. Their entire diet revolves around their livestock.

On our game drive to our campground we saw a Leopard (which was the last of the Big 5 for me), lions, a cheetah, zebra, wilderbeast migrating, cape buffalo, giraffes, elephants and warthogs!!! I was in awe of every moment. I can’t even believe that I am really here.












We got to camp after dark but thankfully we were arriving at a camp that was already set up for us and they were cooking us supper! What a great day!!

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