Day 19 (Wed, 26 July) - Amboseli
Got up early to an overcast and cool morning.
Around our tents there was the evidence of some late night marauding. Issa's rubbish bag was strewn all over the place. Apparently, hyenas or wild dogs had been in the camp and helped themselves to whatever they could lay their paws on!
It was a little too early for Jo as she went on our early morning game drive in her pyjamas!
Didn't see very much; even Mount Kilimanjaro was totally shrouded.
Got back to camp and had breakfast and a little sleep until midday.
Both had cold showers and washed some of our very dusty clothes.
Had lunch and then Jo and I went wandering around the campsite. We found a small pub where I had a beer and Jo a coke. When I mean a pub I mean a wooden framed building with a dirt floor and rickety tables and chairs. We loved it.
Got back to our camp where we jumped in the van and headed on out. Went to the Observation Mount that affords a spectacular view of Amboseli. Could see the vast plains all around us and just at the bottom on the Mount the marshlands. Quite lucky from our lofty vantage point to spot a couple of hippos and a secretary bird loping across the plains kicking up puffs of dust.
We travelled on towards a small huddle of vans and looked out across the flat plain to an outcropping of rocks. On these rocks we could just make out a number of small heads; through binoculars they revealed themselves as a family of six cheetahs. The cubs were almost fully grown!
We waited patiently as the other vans took a few photos and raced off to the next photo opportunity. The sun was beginning to set behind the rocky outcrop so it was a brilliant scene seeing the cheetahs' profiles against the strong orange light.
After a while the cheetahs began to stir. They moved across the plain in a little gang towards the marshes. Fantastic to see them pass close by and settle down for a good slurp! It was getting dark by now so we headed back to camp and checked the photos.
Jo had a restless nights sleep on account of worrying about hyenas and my snoring.
Around our tents there was the evidence of some late night marauding. Issa's rubbish bag was strewn all over the place. Apparently, hyenas or wild dogs had been in the camp and helped themselves to whatever they could lay their paws on!
It was a little too early for Jo as she went on our early morning game drive in her pyjamas!
Didn't see very much; even Mount Kilimanjaro was totally shrouded.
Got back to camp and had breakfast and a little sleep until midday.
Both had cold showers and washed some of our very dusty clothes.
Had lunch and then Jo and I went wandering around the campsite. We found a small pub where I had a beer and Jo a coke. When I mean a pub I mean a wooden framed building with a dirt floor and rickety tables and chairs. We loved it.
Got back to our camp where we jumped in the van and headed on out. Went to the Observation Mount that affords a spectacular view of Amboseli. Could see the vast plains all around us and just at the bottom on the Mount the marshlands. Quite lucky from our lofty vantage point to spot a couple of hippos and a secretary bird loping across the plains kicking up puffs of dust.
We travelled on towards a small huddle of vans and looked out across the flat plain to an outcropping of rocks. On these rocks we could just make out a number of small heads; through binoculars they revealed themselves as a family of six cheetahs. The cubs were almost fully grown!
We waited patiently as the other vans took a few photos and raced off to the next photo opportunity. The sun was beginning to set behind the rocky outcrop so it was a brilliant scene seeing the cheetahs' profiles against the strong orange light.
After a while the cheetahs began to stir. They moved across the plain in a little gang towards the marshes. Fantastic to see them pass close by and settle down for a good slurp! It was getting dark by now so we headed back to camp and checked the photos.
Jo had a restless nights sleep on account of worrying about hyenas and my snoring.
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7/26/2006 12:33:00 pm
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