Safari After nearly a week on the beautiful mountain Kilimanjaro, it was time for the safari. This we did with GAdventure as well. We went from Moshi to Arusha, there we meet our new CEO. On this trip we were only three persons, Henrietta Thomas and me. As company we had a CEO, a driver and a private chef. And the chef was absolutely amazing, he made so insanely good food, and it was very impressive because they had no real kitchen. We had to stay in tents also on safari, but this was a kind of luxury camping since we had a shower and toilet in the camps. We started our safari to visit The village - Mto wa Mbu,-whose name means "mosquito river". Has over 18,000 inhabitants from 120 tribes. We got a glimpse of how they live, what they do to make money, and the food they eat. We got to taste the banana beer, banana wind, and different cuisines. We also learned that Tanzania produces 30 different banana types, which are used for different things, and that a tree only produces bananas once. After we visited the village, we went up to Lake Manyara National Park. There we did seen almost everything, elephants, lions, Buffelo, zebra, ...... Day # 2, we started by visiting Eleyo Masai village. It was incredibly fascinating, we were welcomed with dancing and singing, and after a bit we had to join them. Super fun. We did get to see the inside of the houses, to see how they lived. The house were completely dark, without lights. The house consisted only of a large room with two beds. They slept on beds covered with cow leather. And in the corner of the room they had made a fire so they could get some heat, which meant that the room was full of smoke. So you felt you were slightly poisoned by being there. Haha We learned that men just eat meat, vegetables and fruit were just for the animals, and women. They drank milk and blood, and they thought if you mixed both milk and blood, you will get very strong. We also learned that they did circumcision for both boys and girls when they were around 10 to 14 years, without any painkillers or proper equipment. Insanity if you ask me. But this they had to do in secret, since it's illegal, especially for girls. Otherwise they were nice and very welcoming. And they would buy Henriette two elephants and eighty cows. Then continued the next two days in the Serengeti national park. There we got to see all the animals except form rhino and cheetahs. So it was good that we spent some time with the cheetahs in South Africa. In the evenings when we sat around the fire, we could hear both lion roaring and hyenas, we even got a hyena inside the camp, but when we shone the flashlight against it, it ran away. At night we could hear them wander around in the trash. A little bit scary. The last day we visited Ngorongoro Crater. That is an old volcano that was completely flattened out after its last eruption. Super nice to stand on the edge of cratere and see beyond. Absolutely beautiful. All together a great week on safari:)
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