October 09, 2002
3/10/02 Serenghetti Nat'l Park, Tanzania
3/10/02 Serenghetti Nat'l Park, TaNZania (phill)
Well, the drive was LONG, bumpy and dusty. It was amazing, we switched into jeep's we had rented and off we went. The roads are pretty much non-existent on the way here and the dust is overwhelming. You spend have your time coughing and it's AMAZING how much the colour of your skin changes when you shower. There were times when we were driving along this road at 100km/h and you could see nothig outside the car cause of the dust. The driver didn't seem to care even though he admitted he couldn;'t see anything. I think cambodia has numbed me to being scared in cars.
The scenery is changing as we drive in, the planes are actually about 2 km about sea level and parts are relativly green. On the way our jeep manages to break down and we end up cramming into one of the others. Our jeep dissapears off and we wonder if we'll have to continue crammed this way. We camp for the night inside the national park and get the speech on not leaving your tent during the night since there will be animals wandering through the camp. Quite scary actually. During dinner the smell attracts a hyena which comes really close. We manage to scare it off with our torches. It was cool though. We're all sitting around, caked in dust and chatting when we hear noises. Crazy.
When we set up our tents, the normal spaciousness we leave between them is gone, tents are practically going up on top of each other! Of course, noone admitted fear being the reason! :) I stopped drinking liquids at about 6pm so I knew I woulnd't have to go pee during the night! I mean when lions are that close you don't want to leave your pack!
Posted by Admin at October 9, 2002 01:12 AM