Tanzania Bound

July 28 - We were supposed to get up very early to do a game drive and drive to the Tanzania/Kenya border to meet our new guide.  However, we realized that we would just be driving through the same area we saw yesterday so we told the guide we could leave a little later and not stop along the way.

We reached the border around 10:30 in the morning and waded through the chaos that passes for Tanzanian immigrations control.  After a little back and forth and $100 each for a visa we were through.

Your local butcher

We met “Mr. Bush-baby” our Tanzanian guide and he picked us up in a nice Toyota Land Cruiser.  Today's destination was Lake Eyasi and along the way we stopped along the side of the road and took some pictures with some Maasai who were celebrating their entrance to manhood having been circumcised the week before.

Masai boys celebrating their entrance to manhood.  They just got circumcised!

We were both a little cranky from all the driving we had been enduring and the seemingly illogical logistics (some backtracking and duplicate routes) and Lake Eyasi was also going to be another 3 hour in-and-out drive down a rough and dusty road.  What made it worse was the fact that the only activity that was waiting for us was a morning tour with the bushmen the next day.

Luckily, the Kisima Ngeda Permanent Tented Camp was a really nice area and we were able to relax for the night.

Cozy tent

Sunset pic!