We arrived at the Coffee Lodge after dark last night and I couldn't get any photos of the adorable Plantation Houses. So I snapped a few photos this morning. Here's mine.
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| My Plantation House for the night. |
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| Coffee Plants surround the Plantation Houses. |
After breakfast this morning, we packed up our gear and headed to Serengeti. Yes, they really carry things on their heads. I felt compelled to help out, so I carried my purse.
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| Porters carry bags on their heads. Must be why they are so short. |
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| Can you believe this?? I felt I should help out. |
After our forty minute flight aboard the local carrier, Air Kenya, we landed on the grass strip in Serengeti and boarded our land rover vehicles in search of some animals.
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| Excuse me, but where is the plane I arrived on?? |
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| Our safari vehicles. |
We were not disappointed. How can anything I write top the photos, so here are a few. They speak for themselves.
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| The first two creatures we saw shortly after leaving the airport. |
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| This Cape Town Buffalo was scratching himself on a tree. |
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| Dik Dik |
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| Cheta. |
We arrived at the Four Seasons Serengeti Lodge around 1:00 for lunch. After lunch, we set off on safari again. I managed to get some amazing photos of hippos fighting, more giraffe, and several other creatures. Then I somehow managed to delete them from my disk. I have no idea what happened to them. So disappointed. But we'll be going out again tomorrow.
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Lunch at Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge.
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Our afternoon safari was followed by our evening ritual of lobby bar happy hour at the poolside lobby bar. A delightful lady joined us. I've seen this lady several times, but this is the first day I've had a chance to speak to her. Jane is amazing. Close to 90 years old and out kickin it in Africa. She's very frail and has a tough time getting around, but she is sharp as a tack and so full of life. We offered to buy her a drink. I was expecting her to order a coffee with a side of Geritol. Wrong! She started talking about wine and how in Africa, she just didn't know if she'd get a good glass or not. So she said, "I believe I'll have a Cosmo. You know those 4 girls who were roommates on the tv show always drank them." She was referring to Sex in the City. Then she went on to make a toast to "Sex and Kilimanjaro." This was a valuable lesson to me AGAIN to never judge a book by it's cover. I can't wait to see what Jane will be up to tomorrow.
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| Happy hour with Jane!! |
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| Sunset on the Serengeti. |
After way too much dinner, I decided to hit the gym to try to burn off some calories. But first, since it was after dark, I had to call the desk to arrange for a Maasai Warrior to escort me from my room to the gym. There are critters out there that would like to have ME for dinner and these warriors carry a simple stick. I asked my escort if he could really take out a lion with that stick. He laughed and said, "No, but I can with this." and he pulled out a huge machete from under his warrior garb. Made me laugh out loud for a second time tonight.
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| The gym was totally empty except for me. This photo is a reflection from the window overlooking the Serengeti. There were likely animals out there looking at me saying, "Is that one of those animals that runs on a Hamster wheel?" |
After my workout, I called it quits for the night. Another early wakeup call in the morning will take us on another safari. Can't wait to see what's waiting for us tomorrow!!
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