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
So the first flight goes off without a hitch. Our luggage could not be checked through to Cape Town for some reason so we had to reclaim it in Johannesburg (Joburg). I will say that the airport there has really got it down in terms of systems. We got our luggage, got through customs and security within like 15 minutes? It was the easiest time … Continue reading Africa 2017- South Africa- Day 13: Arriving in Cape Town
I have had really weird dreams since I arrived here- very long, elaborate ones, which have been very odd. Of course, because of the Van Damme reference, I dreamed we met him- only he was the weird guy Gavin who runs Hooli in the sitcom, Silicon Valley. I also got hired on at Bryan’s work because I had learned enough from his discussion of it … Continue reading Africa 2017- Madagascar- Day 12: Leaving Tana
