TRIP OVERLOAD

I haven't been eaten by lions.

This Africa trip turned out to have so many incredible moments and for those who don't know me: when and where there is an overload of information I shut down.

I've procrastinated writing this post. I told myself I'd blog and well there was just to much to blog. :'(

But no matter, I will sum up my adventures. . . in list form?

Places Gone: 

Arusha
Tarangire Park
Lake Manyara
Serengeti
Ngorogoro Crater

Animals Seen:


Elephant
Giraffe- Twiga
Wild Dog (rare)- last seen by tour guide 8 years ago- 14 of 1000 in the park
Hippos
Ostrich
Dick-Dicks
Water Bucks
Impala
Cape Buffalo
Birds- Tons of Birds
Bats
Termites
Black faced monkey
Guinea Fowl
Zebra
Blue MOnkey
Baboons
Gannet
Cheetah
Wildebeest
Gazelle
Porcupine
Egrets
Night Char
Superb Starling
Yellow Weaver
Plovers
Bush Baby
Rock Hyraxes
Leopard (male/female)
Topi
Hyena
Jackal
Fish Eagle
Secretary Bird
Grants/Thomsons Gazelles
Hardabeasts
Crocodile
Monitor Lizard
Egyptian Geese
Vervit Monkey
Baby Lions
Lions
Pregnant Leopard
Pregnant Cheetah
Flamingos
Rhinos (2 of 45)
Cerval Cat

People traveled with: My grand-pa, my sister, and in the jeep with us was a Buddhist couple (Jeremy and Meg) with an 11 year old (Elizabeth) and the husdands mother (Jone?) Levi- yes Jewish.

Highlights: Over all the absolute beauty of everything.

Arusha: The market with EVERYTHING.

Tarangire: The Elephants and wild dogs

Lake Manyara: Night game drive

Serengeti: The Cheetahs (pregnant) the leopards and the lions chillin in the trees.

Ngorogoro Crater: watching a lone female attempt to hunt (failed but cool), the last seven minutes of our last game driver -after getting an extension to look for rhinos- we see in the distance a female and her baby AMAZING.

Stressful moments: Worrying about grandpa and his health (hes not young ya know) and having to go by myself into Arusha's market to go by some last minute things before leaving.