What Our Eyes Spied...

... on safari.

Mammals:
Zebras, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eglan, Thomsen’s gazelle, Grant’s grazelle, wildebeest, caracal, gannet, mice, hippos, baboon, hartebeest, bat-eared fox, buffalo, leopard, steenbok, elephant, spotted hyena, lion, cheetah, warthog, vervet monkeys, banded mongoose, cheetah, waterbuck, topi, hippos, water mongoose, black rhino, jackals.

Birds:
Ostrich, tawny eagle, Martial eagle, secretary birds, flamingos, guinea fowl, superb sterling, black-header heron, maribou stork, white stork, sacred ibis, egrets, verreauxs eagle owl, weavers, vulture, kite, whyda kop, Egyptian Geese, spurfowl, crowned plover, European roller, African hoopoe, augur buzzard, fishers lovebird, blacksmith plover, ox pecker, lilac-breasted roller, grey-crowned crane, von der decken’s hornbill, dark chanting goshawk, steppe eagle, long-crested eagle, kori bustard, abdim’s stork, red-billed hornbill, bare-faced go away bird, common drongo, griffons or white backed vulture, green wood hoopoe, African harriar-hawk, crested francolin, grey hornbill, black-bellied bustard.

Reptiles:
Leopard tortoise, speke’s hinged tortoise, agama lizard.

(Please check back soon for safari photos. Also, some back entries from March have been posted.)

Deepest Apologies

Living in rural Tanzania has taken its toll on my blog. I have a back log of March blog entries about a variety of things like climbing Mt. Meru and Scott getting an elephant's tooth. But for various reasons, which I won't bore you to list, I've been unable to post them. And it's not for want; trust me. I want to post blog entries. So hopefully in the next week or so, I'll post the March blog entries and have some new ones.

Scott and I are on our first (well needed) break from school. We've been off since Good Friday. We traveled south on a bus for about ten hours to the sweltering hot Dar es Salaam (Tanzania's biggest city) with our teacher friend Thomas, explored the nearby historical town of Bagamoyo on Saturday, and wandered around the metropolis under a grey sky on Sunday.

Our bus trip back to Arusha from Dar involved an unfortunate flashing incident, a group pee by the side of the road, and the girl across the aisle from us puking. Overall, an enjoyable trip home. When we got back to Arusha last night, we picked up Scott's pilot cousin, JJ, who's going to be joining us on safari, which we start tomorrow. Soon, we'll be cruising through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.

We're making the best of our ten day holiday and it's been absolutely wonderful. I'll hopefully have more detailed accounts of it in future blog entries. And maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to post a picture of the rare black rhino.