The Circle of Life

We finally did the safari thing. Took a Mutatu(mini bus) to Narok town where we would meet with our safari driver. I think we did the record, 22 people in a 14 person bus. The other people that were supposed to come on the safari with us cancelled. So it was just me Maggie and Peter in a 12 person safari van. Make it rain.

Peter looks like Stevie's dad from Malcolm in the middle. Seemed nice, but oh how the tides turned. Its high season in Kenya right now which means prices are almost 60 percent higher, on top of the non-resident fees. But our boy Leslie hooked it up...i think. We managed to score three nights at the Mara Simba Lodge for 550 bucks. That includes three BOMB meals two safaris a day, and 3 nights in a luxury tent. Ok when i say tent i dont mean what you take up to Algonquin. This thing is nicer than a hotel. Peep this. The thing has wood flooring, a three sectioned bathroom. Hardwood furniture and a balcony that overlooks the Talek River, which in turn houses crocs, hippos, and baboons. I feel asleep to the sound of hippos in the night. Our first game drive was the best. It was in the evening and we saw lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeast etc etc. We saw the beginning of the wildebeast migration. If youve seen Lion King, the time where the bad lion gets all of the wildebeast to run and kill simba's dad is sorta what we saw. The large heards hadnt arrived but we did manage to see about 300 of them crossing the Mara River. It was like a floodgate had opened when the first one deicded to cross. The food at the lodge was great..yumm paneer. As we were leaving our "homeboy" Peter tried to pull a fast one on us by telliong us that the office is charging us 10000 kshs to get a ride to Nairobi. First off he never spoke to the office and second thing the trip to Nairobi was part of our cost.This really pissed me off cause this elderly man KNEW that we were students travelling on a budget. Not cool. Even though people are trying to make a living does not mean honesty should go out the window. Stevie's dad...how you disapointed me.

Next stop Mombasa.