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Rest of the Moot: was really good fun, the international night was an awesome party that started with lots of pizza from the British CMT and then a really good party which Tom and I spent with other Scouts from within our unit. There was lots of playing of this is africa, the world cup song!
Our day out to Nyeri: was un-eventtful to start off with as Ian from the British CMT were organising our departure, but then the fun started. It began with our bus trying to overtake up hill, around a blind bend with a sheer drop to one side, much to our amusement. Cars / busses / lorries / trucks etc all like playing hicken when overtaking on single track roads here!
Nyeri was actually really small, and not so much there, but we saw the museum and the hundred of scarves that had been left by visiting scouts. We also went to the grave where many photos were taken (I’m assuming by the 76 notifications I received on facebook some of the photos are there, but this internet is too slow and expensive to look!)
Scout safari: we saw lots of animals including lions, elepahants, giraffes, lots and lots of wildebeast and zebra, crocodiles, hippos, gazelle, impala and wahtever else I’ve forgotten!
We also had a campfire one night as the people running the lodge thought because we were scouts we would like one. It was really nice to just be able to sit around a campfire and chill, as lots of the campfires on moot were lots of effort! The masi men that were making the fire for us hung around and joined in some of our campfire songs, and since we taught us some of our songs they taught us some masi dancing, which was hilarious as the mens dance is jumping as high as you can, and the brit guys were not a patch on the masi!
The lodge was really nice and on the second day between our morning and evening game drives we got to spend some time in the pool,I got so clean!!
Back in Nairobi: I met up with stef at our hostel, which was lovely! The garden tents were such a nice change from a proper tent as there was a bed and a duvet and such a nice atmosphere which was a nice in between from the relaxation of safari and the rest of the trip. We also went back to the giraffe sanctuary so stef could get kissed by a giraffe (I’d already been with the scouts on pre-moot)
Second safari: It was different to the first one as rather than being in little 8 seater vans where the sun roof lifted up enough for you to stand, we were in a massive truck. So although we couldnt get to so many off the track places we got to see things from a different angle. For me it was nice a s I didnt take nay photos as I had loads already and it was a similar drive to one I had done with the scouts, so I just enjoyed watching all the animals.
Now we’re in Arusha in Tanzania, after a minor epic, preparing for our trip into the serengeti and norongoru crater tomorrow or it was when i started writing this.
The serengeti was very animal heavy, and we got to see more lions eating as well as a leopard that I hadn’t seen previously. Despite being ill on the first day, for no real reason, I still enjoyed my third safari and all the facts our awesome driver Charmy was telling us.
Following the safari we’ve had a massive drive day down to Dar es Salam, which is the most crazy city, especially as its currently the middle of ramadan and we arrived at sunset when everyone was coming out to eat. Our campsite in dar is right on the beach which was lovely falling asleep to the sound of the waves rather than another tour group having a party like the night before!
We’re now in Zanzibar for the next five days, and we’re going swimming with dolphins tomorrow, snorkelling and having a lot of lazy beach time! Its gorgeous sunshine and looks really nice, Stef and I are off exploring the town this afternoon before meeting up with others for dinner.
And I think thats it for the moment!
Hope everyone is good back home. Parents/ Olie/ Jones’s hope holiday was good an d good luck Olie and John for GCSE results
