Chasing the serengeti sun

This weekend we went on Safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater, we were told that now was the only time to go because of the migration the weekend after woulds and it was unbeliviable. The serengeti in Swahili means endless and the serengeti really is endless. You get a it of an adrenelin rush from safari, when you are going 80 miles an hour in a jeep , standing on your seats with you head and upper body poking out as you play with exposure and shutter speed, needless to say this weekend has given a whole new meaning to the term bus surfing.

There is so much natural beauty here it is not even funny,in the landscape and the animals you see its quite incredible, we were drsiving towards the Ngorongoro crate and we came across somewhere between 20,000-50,000 wilderbeasts running across the road which was amazing. Having seen them up and close I can now safely say that Wilderbeasts are the ugliest animal in the animal kingdom.

The hotels we stayed in were ridiculously nice, that it was a bit uncomforable to say the least. When you have been in a country for 10 days and been surrounded by absolute poverty and then your in a hotel with a bunch of loaded American and European tourists with ridiculously nice cameras they have no clue how to use and are there on a package holiday. Whats even more sickening is when you find out the people working there make 10,000 shillings a week (4 pounds a week) who work ridiculous hours.

Regardless Safari was amazing and a great way to spend my birthday. We are all now back in Arusha and back to work which feel good because I missed my plaster house babies. I really like my life here its quite rewarding and i enjoy the simplicity of it. People often mock African efficiney but i would easily say public transport is more efficient than Vancouver. You get around here mainly by Dala dal ( mini bus which seats 16comfortably but usually has about 25). they continueously come which is nice. Piki Piki is also big (motorcycle taxi).

I am currently in an Internet Cafe trying to plan a trip around lake victori through Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Western Kenya. Any of my UWC friend reading if you anyone in any of these places thats would be willing to show myself and one other person around or if they are feeling extremely generous a couch please message me.

There is a UN court here in Arusha where the Rwanda genocide trials are being held and its free for the public to come watch as long as you show your passport so that's the plan for the weekend.