I didn’t wake up in the night, which is unusual, but I seriously think my bathroom ordeal and the hurricane the night before just left me without anything left…I heard the alarm go off and got up pretty fast, but I was so glad it was not the 6am version.  Basically, the rhino walk was supposed to start at 6am, but Mat was able to … Continue reading Sept 13- Hlane National Park

I heard someone else’s alarm go off and decided to get up. Because of that we did get to see the sunrise, which was really pretty although muted behind the clouds for a bit- but it still made for a nice view. Bryan’s head was really bothering him for some reason and he was begging for Advil. I found the meds though wished I’d kept … Continue reading Sept 11- Vilanculos to Bilene

There were a variety of dogs that hung around the property and there was a bunch of barking at night. I cannot be sure it wasn’t the echoing of the village down below, but my guess would be if there property dogs, they were barking at monkeys. This place was supposed to be teaming with them, but so far we hadn’t seen any. We set … Continue reading Day 8- Arusha back to Nairobi

The camp was pretty quiet and I slept well, waking up earlier than we needed to- which ended up being a good thing since Rasta told us the wrong time for brekky! He had definitely told us 830 and then we’d leave at 9am…but at 730 one of the guys from the camp came and told us our brekky was getting cold! We were basically … Continue reading Day 7- Lake Manyara

I woke up convinced there was a zebra outside our tent. I could hear it stomping and chomping so I woke Bryan up so we could see it. I looked out of the tent tentatively, but there was absolutely nothing there- not even any zebra nearby. It was then I realized tent flaps (window and door) on a windy night sound exactly like zebras grazing … Continue reading Day 6- Ngorongoro crater

The beds here were ok (single beds, however), but the pillows were pretty bad- a hard thick foam. I slept ok I guess until the craziest storm woke me up. It was pouring rain, maybe some of the strongest I have ever heard, especially amplified by the metal roof. It was definitely the loudest thunder I have encountered; it was directly overhead. What was crazier … Continue reading Day 13- Turtle Island to Myne Resort

Semporna’s market and the drive to Sukau. Continue reading Day 11- Semporna to Sukau

Again I woke up many times- so did Bryan…4am again came early. We were in the car by 430 which was a nice minivan with a driver who was super nice but sounded so much like Eddie Murphy in Coming To America. He had glasses like Eddie Murphy does too so I kept feeling like he was really familiar- and wanted to laugh. We, of … Continue reading Africa 2017- Day 15: South Africa- shark dive 2

I woke up every hour, because again this hotel has no clock. We set the alarm on my phone, but I am worried we have missed it or something. I also have dreams all night about sharks, including where I was working with a summer camp and we took elementary school kids to a pond and there were sharks there. We were supposed to learn … Continue reading Africa 2017- Day 14: South Africa- shark dive