Mood status: Bittersweet – only one day left!
Location: Internet Café in Arusha, Tanzania
Can you believe that the
campsite that we’re staying at is called Snake Park? SNAKE PARK. Goddamn.
Public enemy #1. Nothing sends a shiver down my spine quicker than the mere
thought of a snake. But I’m traveling and with that comes trying new things so
I thought, there’s no better time to try to get over my snake phobia. Here is a
photo of me holding my first – and last - snake ever.
So much has happened over the past few days it’s going to be hard to
tell you all of it in the short time I have now. We’ve been on a 3 day excursion to Serengeti National Park and to the Ngorongoro Crater where almost all species that are famous to Africa call home.
The Serengeti is strangely vast and flat, and dotted with rock
formations every now and then, very Lion King-esque. The Ngorongoro Crater is a
large, unbroken, unflooded volcani caldera which was formed some 2-3 million
years ago when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself. Some say that
if this hadn’t occurred, the volcano would stand taller than Mt Kilimanjaro.
Camping on the rim of the crater itself, had us located higher than the tip of
Mt Kosciusko. As cool as it was, it was bloody cold.
We had three days of amazing game driving where we saw all animals but
one – the leopard. The pesky leopard. At least he’s given me a reason to return
to mother Africa.
Like the game drive at Kruger, I can’t really say much about
the experience that would really give you guys a good sense of what it’s like.
It’s just amazing and definitely bucket-list worthy. What I can say though, is at all costs, avoid having a hangover on a safari as the combination
of a weak stomach and a bumpy ride will have you leaving a trail of vomit and bile
around Tanzania. Possibly know this through experience...
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