day 11: The all day safari

Today would be the day that we would see the great animals that Kenya had to offer. we made our way out to where the animals were after a delightful hotel breakfast. The Safari began with a group consisting of Wilder beast and Zebra's, but these are not the animals that the people in my van were looking for, due to the other group spotting two lioness the day before we had our hearts set on seeing a lion and maybe even some of the other members of the big 5. It would be a while before we could see the boss so we started with the secretary bird (ha ha I'm so funny) this elegant bird was a snake eater the acquired its name through the fact that its haired looked similar to that of a secretary in colonial times. we carried on eventually reaching giraffe standing tall and although this giant of nature was quite magnificent our desires were not met as this giant was not part of the big 5. later into the morning our dream became a reality when for the first time we cast out eyes upon a lion with a lioness, but this was not where out luck would end as we then went on to see a lioness with its cubs calmly sitting around its kills, a headless zebra (i bet that zebra didn't see that coming ha ha I'm on fire. the next animal we manage to see was a cheetah and to the delight of my group the other group had just drove by without even a look, we were then to a checkpoint which was on the border between Tanzania and Kenya where Ian took his chance to gloat about seeing the cheetah but the thrown s of the other group soon turned to smile's as we realized they let us gloat and that they had actually seen the cheetah. we then went on to see the lake which the hippo's and crocadilians inhabited with the great herd of hippo we only managed to spot the back of one little crocodile. during the safari we spotted many animals such as the mother ostrich on her eggs, some beautiful birds including eagles, a hyena sitting comfortably in its hole and warts hogs running about without a clue; all these animals were good but on the way back in i spotted the animal that i really wanted to spot we saw a family of elephants on one side of the paths and on the other we saw a lone buffalo sanding strong ( reminds me of a Bob Marley song cant remember the name ha ha i should be a internet comedian). this beautiful safari was interrupted by the manager of the hotel we were staying at attempting to bamboozle us and give us cheaper accommodation, but thanks to Clive's SWIFT charm, and our guide Nick we managed to get better accommodation and we enjoyed our night in our nice new rooms the memory of the wild still fresh in our heads.

Amaleke

Thank you and goodbye