Sunday – September 5, 2010 – My brother Jeff and I woke up at the painfully early hour of 4:30 a.m. Such is the sacrifice for traveling to east Africa. We left Stanley Sarova Hotel in downtown Nairobi at 5 a.m. for Jomo Kenyata International airport. We had […]
Saturday – September 4, 2010 – After awaking, our French host Eudora cooked us breakfast. We filled out our safari review surveys online and lodge owner Jonathan let us use one of their computers to confirm our flights. I even checked my email wirelessly on my iPod. Reluctantly, we said goodbye to our […]
Friday – September 3, 2010 – After we awoke about 5:30 a.m. this morning, we ate continental breakfast at our lodge. Before departing at 6:30 a.m. for our tour of Ngorongoro Crater, we gave fellow traveler John our tips. John added our tips to two envelopes that we would present […]
Thursday – September 2, 2010 – Today we hoped to hit the wildlife jackpot and actually see the Great Migration! We woke up early and prepared for a spectacular day in the northern Lobo area of the Serengeti near the Kenyan border. Leaving the lodge, we saw our […]
Wednesday – September 1, 2010 – We woke up early for a morning game drive in the Serengeti near the Seronera lodge before coming back for lunch. We then left for the long drive to the Lobo area of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. The Lobo area is […]
Tuesday – August 31, 2010 – This morning, we woke up and had breakfast at the buffet. Then we grabbed our cameras and boarded our Land Cruiser. We went to a Serengeti research center for a two-hour walk through exhibits. While at the center, take the opportunity to […]
Monday – August 30, 2010 – This morning, we all met up for breakfast in the restaurant. We slept well and the continental breakfast was superb. Then we packed up and left for the Serengeti. Leaving Lake Manyara Lodge, drove through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National […]
Sunday – August 29, 2010 – This morning, we woke up refreshed and excited about our lifelong dream of going on an African safari. We are not hunters, so this was going to be strictly a sightseeing and photo safari. I took my luggage up to the main […]