June 12th - Durban to Nairobi (via Johannesburg)
A very early departure from Durban to Johannesburg, the Safari crew (Jenna & Pete, Caroline & Andrew, Shahn & Michael, Gareth and Craig) are pumped and ready to get into the real Africa.
Tailings from Diamond mines (I think) as we flew out of Johannesburg.
Crop circles as we headed towards the Mozambique Border.
This is the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Lake Malawi (It is bloody massive)
Just another Jet getting a little close for comfort...
Mountain from the air, still not sure which one it was so hazy.
'The Crew' kicking it in Nairobi, our luxury cruiser!
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(Photography by Jenna and Pete)
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The sweet transport of AFRICA, this is in Nairobi just heading into the city for the night... Crazy, crazy drivers. There only road rules are, if you can jam your vehicle in a small gap in traffic then you win the right to be in that gap.
Roadside stalls.
Africa possibly has the most efficient transport system every created, hey at least they are tied down and there isn't a person on top of the mattresses.
Scaffolding and concrete boxing.... it works?
June 13th - The Safari Begins...
We left Nairobi after a crazy, crazy night. We were told at the airport that we would only need Kenyan Shillings and Tanzanian Shillings, there would be no need for US Dollars. We literally walked 50meters in the airport through customs and needed USD$20/pp for a visa and they wouldn't take their own currency (I know), and we also needed USD$50/pp for the Tanzanian visa the following day so we needed to get USD in Nairobi city at night with no currency exchanges open so we met a nice fellow called George in the back of a blacked out taxi, whom kindly exchanged eight US$100 notes for about $80,000 Kenyan Shillings (a huge wad of notes I might add). We made it out alive, albeit a bit shaken and wide eyed!
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(Photography by Jenna and Pete)
I think all the girls were a bit on edge but we survived the traffic and headed out of Nairobi for the Tanzanian border.
Kenyan Maasai with their stock
Making some buns for selling
Coffee Plantations. MMmmmm
More impressive transport!
Maasai bee hives, off the ground to reduce animal interference
Fresh food, with low carbon emissions in transportation
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Arts and crafts, really expensive
The first baobab tree
Shops all painted up with advertisement so they get money from companies (ie Fortune Butto and Vodacom)
Baboon baby watching us, so cute.
Pete trading his watch for a Maasai blanket, should have got the jandals too (they are motorbike tyres, due to their longevity for the huge distances these dudes walk).
Ngorongoro, sign in. Entry to the crater and the Serengeti.
Packed lunch for the tour, it was good - fried chicken, pastie, carrot sandwich, banana, boiled egg and a really good juice box.
Our first look down on the caldera.
Us getting a snap. In our sweet Safari Gear, we were dubbed the "Thornberrys". Couldn't stop long as we had to get to the Serengeti camp.
The Serengeti in all its glory.
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
The team stopping to have a look at the landscape on top of a kopje (rock outcrop)
The Serengeti Savannah
This is why you don't gate crash a honeymoon... enough said!
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
A lone bull Elephant
The African sun setting on our first day of Safari, we are pumped for what is to come!!
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