WOW! Now this was the Africa I have been wanting to see. This weekend me, Gloria and four of her office mates made a 20 hours round trip journey to the border of Tanzania to see wild animals on the Serengeti. It was absolutely amazing. Words can not even describe beautiful the scenery. I feel so privileged to have the opportunity to enjoy His creation.
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| A Lioness napping in a tree |
God must have had His hand on our journey as everything worked out smoothly. The road was incredible bumpy. I am surprised any vehicle can survive under these conditions. The driver has to be extremely alert, he veers the car constantly from one side to the other to avoid giant pot holes. I am sure the vehicles here must be constant maintenance to keep them running. During our journey on the way to the park we couldn't help but notice the scenery was changing, I had the sneaking suspicion we were lost. About an hour later the men finally agreed to stop and ask for direction, YUP, we have been travelling for over an hour in the wrong direction. While making our three point turn to turn around our vehicle stopped working. It sounded like it was out of gear, it would no longer go forward or backwards. After 10 minutes of trying to get it moving it finally started moving forward again. THANK GOD!! We were in the middle of absolutely no where. I honestly don't know what we would have done. I had not seen a gas station for about 3 hours. The only people around were some locals who keep animals in the fields.
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| Why won't it go?? |
When leaving for the safari (which means to travel in Swahili) I was hoping to see a couple animals. I couldn't have been more surprised by the number of animals we were able to see.
I guess I was thinking about whale watching back in BC. Sometimes you can spend a whole day out whale watching but not see a single whale. I was expecting the same thing.
Maybe the animals didn't want to be seen today,perhaps they had other plans that day. To my surprise they were everywhere.
I think my Kenyan friends were probably entertained by my delight when we rounded a corner and I made my first spotting of zebras. STOP THE CAR!! STOP THE CAR, I screamed as I jumped out of the car to take some photos before our vehicle scared them away. Boy, was I excited. Again, to my surprised the zebras were not bothered by us, they just continued grazing on grass at the road side. Even before we got into the conservation park we were able to see heards of zebras, antelope, gazelles, bufflo and wilder beasts all roaming around.
AfterTowards the end of our day we were heading in the direction to leave the park when I spotted three men with big guns waving from the bushes "Do you think they want us to stop?" I asked. "Of course" reply my car mates. "Do you think it is a good idea to stop?" I asked. No reply, just laughter from my car mates. As it turns out the waving gunmen wanted a ride. They were part of the border parole protecting the Kenyan border since we were only a few meters from Tanzania. They were moving to a new post. We drove each of them for only a few minutes and one by one they got out of the car at a new post and headed back into the wilderness.
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| Hippos |
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| Enjoying the spectacular view |
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| Jackal |
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| The road to Tanzania |
We were actualy allowed to get out of the vehicle and walk around at our own risk. We didn't even have a guide with us. We were allowed in the park to exlpore on our own.
I was as in love with these beautiful tress as I was with the wild life. I just can't get enough of the pretty little trees. They are all so evenly spaced I wonder if they have been planted. My favourite animal was the giraffe. It just amazes me. The whole trip was breath taking. Once inside the park I was lucky enough to spot one lion. We saw lots of warthogs, beautiful bright birds, jackal, hippos, otrich, and elephants just to name a few of the visitors we had come close to the car.
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| We were able to get very close to my fav animals |
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| Can you spot the giraffe and elephants in the distance? |
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| The wilder beasts were very shy |
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| Locals doing some laundry in a shallow lake |
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| Locals children are always delighted to wave hello |
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| Always laughing |
The whole trip was a lot of fun. The guys kept us laughing all the way. What a blessing it was to share it this trip with Gloria's friends . I would love to do it again and again.
WOW! Now this was the Africa I have been wanting to see. This weekend me, Gloria and four of her office mates made a 20 hours round trip journey to the border of Tanzania to see wild animals on the Serengeti. It was absolutely amazing. Words can not even describe beautiful the scenery. I feel so privileged to have the opportunity to enjoy His creation. 
God must have had His hand on our journey as everything worked out smoothly. The road was incredible bumpy. I am surprised any vehicle can survive under these conditions. The driver has to be extremely alert, he veers the car constantly from one side to the other to avoid giant pot holes. I am sure the vehicles here must be constant maintenance to keep them running. During our journey on the way to the park we couldn't help but notice the scenery was changing, I had the sneaking suspicion we were lost. About an hour later the men finally agreed to stop and ask for direction, YUP, we have been travelling for over an hour in the wrong direction. While making our three point turn to turn around our vehicle stopped working. It sounded like it was out of gear, it would no longer go forward or backwards. After 10 minutes of trying to get it moving it finally started moving forward again. THANK GOD!! We were in the middle of absolutely no where. I honestly don't know what we would have done. I had not seen a gas station for about 3 hours. The only people around were some locals who keep animals in the fields. 
I think my Kenyan friends were probably entertained by my delight when we rounded a corner and I made my first spotting of zebras. STOP THE CAR!! STOP THE CAR, I screamed as I jumped out of the car to take some photos before our vehicle scared them away. Boy, was I excited. Again, to my surprised the zebras were not bothered by us, they just continued grazing on grass at the road side. Even before we got into the conservation park we were able to see heards of zebras, antelope, gazelles, bufflo and wilder beasts all roaming around. 
AfterTowards the end of our day we were heading in the direction to leave the park when I spotted three men with big guns waving from the bushes "Do you think they want us to stop?" I asked. "Of course" reply my car mates. "Do you think it is a good idea to stop?" I asked. No reply, just laughter from my car mates. As it turns out the waving gunmen wanted a ride. They were part of the border parole protecting the Kenyan border since we were only a few meters from Tanzania. They were moving to a new post. We drove each of them for only a few minutes and one by one they got out of the car at a new post and headed back into the wilderness. 
We were actualy allowed to get out of the vehicle and walk around at our own risk. We didn't even have a guide with us. We were allowed in the park to exlpore on our own. 
I was as in love with these beautiful tress as I was with the wild life. I just can't get enough of the pretty little trees. They are all so evenly spaced I wonder if they have been planted. My favourite animal was the giraffe. It just amazes me. The whole trip was breath taking. Once inside the park I was lucky enough to spot one lion. We saw lots of warthogs, beautiful bright birds, jackal, hippos, otrich, and elephants just to name a few of the visitors we had come close to the car.
Oh my goodness this looks absolutely amazing!! What an adventure Kaley. So so cool! I agree.. I'm in love with the trees! You need to blow up that one photograph for your home
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