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Hej allesammen.
Her er det nyeste. Vi har haft 6 super fantastiske dage. Paa busturen fra Nairobi i Kenya til Arusha i Tanzania aendrede landskabet sig utroligt meget fra toer og gold til groent og frodigt. Paa turen moedte vi to super soede personer fra Canada og USA, Andrew og Bea. De gav os utrolig mange gode tips til resten af turen, specielt tips til hostels og fede steder at feste og hygge i bl.a. Syd- og Centralamerika, hvor de havde vaeret flere gange. Tilfaeldigvis skulle de bo paa same hostel som os, hvor det senere viste sig, at vi var de eneste 4 personer blandt ca. 10 ansatte. Bea begyndte, efter en enkelt Guiness oel, at spoerge ind til, om vi havde set filmen 'Hostel', som hermed gjorde stemningen lidt mere intens, men med stadig godt humoer (for dem af jer, der ikke har set filmen, handler den om en flok backpackere, der tjekker ind paa et oede hostel, hvor der netop kun er ansatte og dem, og ender med at blive tortureret og lemlaestet!). Efter en udemaerket nats soevn startede vores 5 dags safari. Vi blev hentet af en chauffoer og en kok, som fulgte os paa hele turen. Den foerste dags safari gik til Lake Manyara National Park (NP), som er Tanzanias mindste NP. Her saa vi et helt fantastisk naturomraade med rigt dyreliv omkring soeen. Det flotteste syn var, da en stor flok elefanter kom frem fra buskadset og gik faa meter forbi vores Land Rover. De naeste to dage foregik paa den beroemte Serengeti, som er Tanzanias stoerste NP. Her besoegte vi en Masai landsby, hvor vi fik et indblik i deres dagligdag og deres traditioner. Vi tog saa videre til et campsite midt paa savannen, hvor vi boede i telt de naeste par naetter. Det var ikke helt risikofrit, da vi om natten kunne hoere baade loever og hyaener, som gik rundt i lejren, mellem teltene, efter moerkets frembrud. Netop derfor maatte vi ikke forlade teltet om natten (heller ikke til en lille tissetaar). De mest fantastiske syn vi fik paa Serengeti var at se den klassiske 'Big Five' (elefant, loeve,boeffel, naesehorn og gepard). Vi fik set alt undtagen naesehornet, da den lever i Ngorongoro krateret. Derudover saa vi den aarlige begivenhed, nemlig dyrenes vandring mod nord for at finde vand paa Masai Mara i Kenya. Flere tusinde gnuer og zebraer kom gaaende i samlet flok i kilometer lange raekker med et formaal, at finde vand og dermed overleve. Den sidste safari dag blev brugt i Ngorongoro krateret. Vi ankom sidst paa dagen til vores camp, beliggende paa kanten af krateret, med verdens bedste udsigt fra vores telt. Efter en god nats soevn startede dagen kl. 05.00 med en flot solopgang over krateret, inden vi begav os ud paa turens sidste dyreoplevelser. Turens hoejdepunkt var at se det sorte naesehorn. Vi maa med skuffelse erkende at naesehornet aldrig kom til syne, trods ihaerdig indsats med kikkerten. Der blev raadet lidt bod paa det, da vi i stedet fik set 5 af dyrenes konge, nemlig hanloeven. Forhaabentlig har vi bedre held naeste gang ;). Nu goer vi os klar til den naeste store oplevelse, og et ret stor maal, nemlig at bestige det 5893 m hoeje Mt. Kilimanjaro. Saa I maa alle krydse fingre for, at ingen af os faar hoejdesyge, da vi har moedt en del, som desvaerre ikke kom paa toppen netop af den grund. I hoerer fra os om en uges tid, pas paa jer selv!
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Hi Everyone. Here is a new blog input. We have had the most amazing 6 days the past week. We drove from Nairobi, Kenya to Arusha, Tanzania, where we have to say the scenery changed immensely. Tanzania is much more green and filled with rainforests. The mountains along the way were amazing to look at in addition to the great savannah surrounding them. On our bus trip to Arusha, we met these nice people, from Canada and the States, whom also were staying at the same hostel as us. The following day we were ready for our 5 day safari. We were picked up by a driver and cook, who would be our entourage the subsequent days. The first day we went to a national park (NP) called 'Lake Manyara', which is the smallest NP in Tanzania. It was beautiful beyond words. The vegetation, the animals, everything! The most awesome experience in this park was a bunch of elephants (more than ten) that passed our safari van, only 3 m away, so cool J! The next two days we spent in Serengeti NP, which is the biggest in Tanzania. Here we visited a Masai village and Melanie got to dance a traditional dance with the Masai women. Afterwards we got settled in our camp, which was in the middle of the Serengeti! So safety wise our little tent could have been ripped to shreds by lions or hyenas, which at night walked around in the camp. During our two days here, we managed to see the 'Big Four' (elephants, lions, buffalos and cheetah). Furthermore we got to see the infamous migration of both wildebeests and zebras heading towards The Masai Mara in Kenya looking for water. The last day of our safari was spent in the Ngorongoro Crater. We spent the night on the crater's rim and saw the sunset and sunrise, which was amazing. The Ngorongoro Crater is more jungle like, so very green and fertile. Here was an opportunity to see the rhino and complete the 'Big Five'. However we left disappointed, maybe next time L. During these days we met again some very nice people, both local as well as foreign. We are now preparing ourselves and our backpacks for climbing the infamous Mt. Kilimanjaro tomorrow. We hope not to experience any altitude sickness (quite a lot of people, who we met during our journey thus far, has suffered from it and were obliged to descent) and reach the top at 5893 m above sea level. Write to you soon with an update.
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