Sat 4th November

We have now arrived back in Nairobi from the Maasai Mara. the Maasai is wonderful, spent 3 days on safari, and saw a whole load of big cats and game. Jo has written them all down for those who are really interested, but these cafes cost quite a bit! We are adapting to the Kenyan diet, we can only assume its the national dish, of warm coleslaw and spaghetti. Mind you we were treated to a thai curry last night from Andy and Cheryl. Back to the Maasai. We stayed in a tented camp, with some maasai "warriors" who were supposed to protect us from the lions in the bush, but they seem to spend most of there time scaring tourist with horror stories of previous visitors leaving the camp and being squashed by elephants. Our tent had a wonderful view onto a large group of baboons, so we could watch them grooming and chilling, well cool! I had a too close encounter with the wildlife on my last night. I returned to the tent at night to get the torch from one of my bags, I eventually found the torch, switched it on...and the tent was covered, on the roof, walls, luggage and me with safari ants! I was smothered, in my hair, up my pants, down my neck and on all limbs with the little buggers. And they bite, oh do they bite. I came screaming out of the tent flapping away at myself like a mad man, the maasai "warriors" who were not doubled over in laughter, came to my rescue and picked off the ants as fast as they could, I ended up stripping in front of everyone in the camp trying to get the buggers out of my clothes. It was a most painful experience! I have now added ants to my list of animals that can be happily exterminated from the face of the planet. Have now seen the public transport in africa now, and "suicidal" is the key phrase, and having "in god we trust" and "the good lord will protect us" on the front of the buses does not inspire confidence. Anyway, we have met up with Cheryl and Andy again, and we are off to the elephant orphange today, and then on to Lake Naivasha for a couple of days chilling. Until next time....