So the day after we got off Kilimanjaro, we went to Arusha where I met up with Dad and split with the climbing crew with whom we met up later in Mombasa. Dad had already started his sampling of East African beers with Tusker the night before. So for lunch we were onto Kilimanjaro. For my part, which might make me a heretic, I prefer Kilimanjaro. Anyway after lunch we were off...going on safari! First stop: Ngorongoro Crater views. Next day driving in the Ngorongoro Crater, and driving all the way to the Serengeti. Day 3: driving the Serengeti down to the other side of Lake Minyara. Day 4 driving through the Lake Minyara Park (there's water!) and back to Arusha.
Going on safari is both amazing and bizarre. Driving (er, rather bouncing for an African massage) around in a stretch land cruiser trolling for the Big 5 is kinda weird. But, totally amazing. Lions sitting on a kopje basking in the sun, a leopard in a tree with a fresh kill. Elephants so close I could've reached out to touch them. Baboons, monkeys, cheetahs, giraffes, wildebeest (or gnus), ostrich, secretary birds...AMAZING.
Seeing Maasai people, in the regal red or blue capes, herding cattle, or using donkeys (our driver called them Maasai trucks) to collect water - equally amazing.
For those of you who spend time thinking about these things - I think the Serengeti is a fascinating place to break down the binary of human and nature...
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