Today we left our tented camp of 5 days. We had a heck of a time getting Fred to leave as he had made fast friends with a couple of the camp workers. These guys move out to the middle of the park, work 7 days week starting at 4:30 AM and do not get to go home for 3-4 months at a time. The service was fantastic and everyone was really friendly.
On the way across western Serengeti we had one last game drive and saw an amazing river with up to 80 hippos lazing in the brown, muddy water. They come out at sundown to graze, eating 50 pounds of grass per day. We are told they kill more people every year in Africa than any other animal. There were also a few Nile crocodiles along the shore and some 3' long monitor lizards for good measure.
Along the road there were a lot of troops of baboons. They really do not seem to pay much attention to us and go about eating who knows what off the ground and picking more of the same off of each other.
Ray our guide got us to the city of Mwanza and we checked in to a very nice hotel for $40,000./night...that is shillings = $25. Can. Dollars
ps-- Fred is already making friends with the hotel staff, even when they do not speak the same language.
That is a lot of hippo heads in one river
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