DAY14:21/08/10 ( Amboseli National Park2)

The Clash of the Titans?

Morning: We started the day very early today just so we could see the rising sun and the Majestic Kilimanjaro (my o my, is this mountain beautiful, it is massive. So huge you can't see it is there because it just rises right into the high heavens and everything around it seems quite small)

Simba.

We had the good fortune of seeing the King Simba during this early morning drive. It is amazing just how many people wanted to photograph the Lion, and just how each and every one of us struggled to get the best shot at the Lion.


I was put off to some extent when I saw the tracking collar around its neck because it made me wonder if it would be worth my while running around taking photos of a dog with collar around its neck? I somehow would have wished that it was a lion that no man or woman, had ever    touched.

The lion observed nonchalantly as a heard of zebras grazed under the early morning sun- our guide Moses, was saying that the Wildebeest graze with the zebras because they alert them when danger is imminent because the Zebras has better eye sight and the former has poor sight and are quite dumb.

@10 am we went back for a Brunch; and excellent feast made up of Chapati, salad with cheese and white rice with a unique flavor that came from the burned rice at the bottom of the pot. The stew had lamb meat in it and was very delicious.

 Masai Caesar.

We all ate and headed for the Masai village where we were greeted by a troop of Masai warriors who did a clasic Masai dance for us.

Their young chief who introduced himself as Joseph told us some interesting stories about the Masai and their culture and explained in details the procedure for the building of Masai house.

Noon: We left the Masai Village and headed out for our evening game drive, we saw all the regular animals, the ubiquitous elephants, some herds of Thomson gazelles, wilder-beast,

Joan & some Masai women.

We went up to the observation station where we saw the whole expanse of the park. We read that that mountain on which the station was built was formed by volcanic activities from Kilimanjaro and that the lake nearby came from melting ice from the same mountain.

After the observation post we went a rather boring evening drive, almost roaming aimlessly around the empty game land-We were rewarded by a pare of Hippopotamus sunken in the swamplands and some white flamingo. The sight was a far-cry from the majestic pink mass of flamingos at lake NAKURU


Evening: We retired at Kibo tent camp, and immediately we loved the place and felt quite at home taking photos and hanging out with other guests at the lodge.

Sunset Africa: Amboseli Park.

Some went off to have a drink at the bar while some tried to catch the last rays of the setting African sun-Agnieszka took advantage of the orange sun rays to make portrait of all members of the team.

We had a lavish dinner and went to bed in our dark tents