Waking up happened early for me today even though today was the only day we would get to sleep in! 5am! Every morning people get up at 5am to go to morning worship. I woke up to chanting which went on forever! I guess I will have to get use to it because I will probably wake up to it every morning. Not Happy about that ! Anyway – we had a good breakfast, which consisted of eggs, sausage, fruit, coffee and toast. Hopefully we will have some Tanzanian food soon. We started our 1st Safari a little late today because we had an orientation. Safari – we loaded up around 9am into our two huge Land Rovers with our guides Jackson and Elisa. Just from the ride from the Airport I can tell these two Guides are going to be awesome. As soon as we got to Arusha National Park we saw three giraffe. It was such a relief to see them so close to us because that means better shots. All I have to say is what a great way to start of my morning. Lets back track…. What really made everyone’s morning was seeing the Waterbuck running across the field right behind the lodge. Today’s Safari was mainly a practice run for what to expect and how to go about taking pictures. We ended up seeing Zebra, Buffalo, Savanna Baboons, White tailed lemurs, some blue Monkeys, Water Buck, Giraffes, Flamingos, Gray Crowned Cranes, and one Hyena. It was a busy day. I was in the car with Bailey the whole day, which was very fun because we got the whole car to ourselves.
Jackson was an amazing guide. He would give us the answer to any question we asked him and the best part about Jackson was he knew how to joke around. I think the highlight of the day for me was seeing the Giraffes and the Baboons. The Baboons were everywhere. They walk as a Troop and can have us to 60 in a Troop. I have absolutely no complaints about today. I am going to try to be very optimistic and high spirited the whole trip because I am so blessed to even have the opportunity to go on this trip let alone actually be in Tanzania like this. I am so excited about the next 9 days because I will be spending it with a really awesome group.
This is not surprising but Jackson asked me to call him grandpa today. Babu (Grandpa) and I am his grandson. This is very Cool.
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