We were off on another day of game viewing on our way to Tanzania and Tarangire National Park.

We switched to a bus at the boarder and continued on our way after checking in at the border. The crossing was quick and smooth.

The usual folks trying to sell their wares were there waiting for us. They were peasant enough. Sadly we are not here for trinkets. We do collect masks when they are part of the culture. Africa has a rich mask making history and we are on the lookout for some new treasures.

We were just in japan and found a few there as well. Our house does look a bit like a museum as I look around. I see paintings, vases and masks from all over the world. We must be very careful about collecting as our little condo has little room left for displays of our travel history.

We crossed the border into Tanzania after a long rough drive over “roads” with many interesting transitions and geographical wonders. Better known as pits, holes and rocks with sand tossed in for good measure. The landscapes are wondrous. Animals watching us leave with sad faces, or so it seemed. I know we had sad faces for them as we passed by.

We spent two nights at our last camp. We were stying very near Kilimanjaro. After a short drive into Tanzania we reached the wet lands where many animals congregate. Its a great place for taking photographs of elephants.

We left our camp in Kenya at 6:35AM and reached the border at 8:50AM. The weather has been wonderful. We saw many animals in Kenya. Many more than we had expected, but do we know about this wild land. Not much.

We did have a small incident with a rat who enjoyed our protein bars. Sadly my wife saw it early one day and was on the lookout for it at all times. I tried to lock it out but it had its own secret way in. It seemed to be a harmless creature but I was wrong.

It ate through one of our duffle bags after biting a perfectly round hole in it. It ate through the plastic bag that they were stored in and then through the factory wrapper.

They have a great sense of smell. But it just sampled the bar. He was not a greedy rat, but a rat none the less. So obviously the bar had to go in the trash. I suggested that I might eat it myself but my wife won that discussion.

One does not come to East Africa for comfort or ease of travel, but we were in very nice permanent tents most of the time. No complaints from us and the food was great everywhere we stayed.

It is a wild place with some thin areas of civilization. Nairobi is surrounded by grasslands and the wild animals that live in them.

Don’t forget this and you won’t be disappointed. We adventurers expect this and travel accordingly and looking for comfort where we might find it.