Africa Wild

Most of the lodges and hotels made a fortune in the past 5-10 years and a little trouble will do them good and get them to lower their prices. The cheapest lodge/camp in the Mara runs un the order of minimum 250 us$. A couple charge upto 1000 us$ and I think its crazy. Love prawns! ^Q^ The political ...

Richprins, beer was great and enjoyed every drop. Also found the king prawns and lobster excellent.

Well now, I got back on Thursday and started work the day after and have only started to convert the thousands of pictures taken. For those who thought that I'd pass my time belly up on the beach I can only say that the day I arrived I took my watch, shoes and socks off and only put them back on the ...

Evening folks. Here we go with a first posting on my trip, - 2 days!. Many of you know that I was born in Kenya an lived there for many years before moving to Italy. I still have two sisters living there, plus a brother living in Tanzania, and during my last trip I visited both and had a memorable ...

Money \O Sunscreen - don't need it while my other half will need +500 screen Booze X#X I don't usually drink but Kenya beer is great and cheap Spoilt boy??? absolutely! Every once and a while a little luxury and spoiling is good for soul. This year it goes that way while next year I'll probably ...

Dedicated a couple of hours downloading a few ebooks for my iPad, don't want to carry books around so ebooks are the best solution. Sasol, Newmans and Birds of East Africa downloaded and installed. Money well spent! \O Wanted to download Collins Bird Guide but can't find it in ebook version so will ...

Mel wrote:Looks rotten, Rums.

The worst I could find. Only 11 luxury tents, 44 staff members, private safari vehicle and guide. Couldn't get any worse. Hope my other half survives it all as she still doesn't realise or know where I'm taking her.

Richprins wrote:Campers!

This is the poor little tent we'll be sleeping in.

I don't like or follow soccer so no hassle on that side. Only small hassle I'm going through is deciding if I should take a fishing rod with us or not, little boy enjoys fishing but still don't know if we'll have any time at all for it.