Tarangire National Park
Yesterday was Tembo Day. Tembo is the KiSwahili word for elephant. Spending the afternoon at Tarangire National Park I saw several families of elephants including babies. They swam, they gave themselves mud baths, threw dirt on themselves and ate while I followed along in the safari vehicle. It was simply amazing to see so many elephants in one place.
Besides the elephants, I saw more giraffes (Twiga-in KiSwahili), dik-dik (digidigi), eland, Thomsons gazelle, waterbuck, buffalo, lots of zebra and the list goes on.
I will load pictures after November 29 so return to this page later. By the way, I am currently in Ngorongoro Crater. I can see the carter floor from my lodge window. I will drive to the cater floor tomorrow morning.
I will sign off for today. I have had a full day traveling viewing wildlife and eating too much as usual. The entertainment with drumming and dancing this evening which featured several ethnic dances was very informatic.
Going back to food; the past few days I have enjoyed lunches at sites with spectacular views overlooking lakes. This afternoon I had to eat in the safari vehicle because the baboons around Ngorongoro try to steal your food if you have it sitting out. So I stayed in the car. I heard a man yelling and I looked over the baboon had entered his car and managed to make away with a bag. I will tell you more.