Just back from 4 days in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crator and Tarangeti parks. Four days of bone rattling drives down dirt roads, and lots and lots of incrediable animals and birds. Highlights include seeing several cheetahs, many lions, a lepard, tons of elephants, zeebras and giraffes up close, and herds of migrating wildebeasts. A memorable experience was coming upon a pride of 18 lions feeding on a freshly killed buffalo right by the road. It was both mesmorizing and revolting to watch. The cubs crawled right into the carcus, and would come out covered in blood and other bodily fluids. The lions took turns eating, and the would stagger away with their full bellies and collapse nearby - often in the shade under a safai vehicle. The sights and smells were unbelievable.
We heard bits of news about Sunday's election en route to Arusha, and we arrived just as people were gathering to protest the delay in the election results. Sounds like people are ready for a change in government. We have heard from so many Tanzanians that the governing politicians are corrupt, which is always discouraging to hear.I think the protest turned to celebration, as the results were announced (I think the opposition member got in - it is difficult to know exactly what the count is). There was honking, sirens, rallying cries, and fire crackers for several hours, but all was quiet by 10pm. Today all is quiet.
Today we go to Dar and tomorrow night we fly out on our epic journey home (27 hours)!
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