I haven’t talked about the food yet. It’s been wonderful. However one night for dinner the choice was two types of curry. I don’t like curry. The choices were fish curry or goat curry. But they did have creamed spinach and brown rice so I was fine. They have crepes every day for breakfast plus omelettes plus porridge. And of course bacon! When we’re out all day on a game drive they pack is a hot lunch. The guide cooks it for us.
I was speaking to one of the guided about Covid. Apparently they were not hit badly with Covid around here. There were some hospitalizations but very few deaths. It’s quite a rural area which makes sense because it’s a game reserve. The hotel closed down for 6 months but paid the employees 1/2 pay. 60% of the employees are local.
We are now on a 11 seat airplane to get to the next camp. After this we take a bus to the border, another plane ride then a car takes us to camp. I’m exhausted already. By the way, none of the airstrips except Nairobi have any buildings. They are not airports but air strips. You get off the plane, pick up your luggage from the side, and walk over to the parking lot where there are jeeps waiting for you.
A word about the roads The primary roads of which there are very few, all packed dirt. All the other roads are grass that have some tire tracks on it. There are, of course , no road signs. It really is quite amazing that the guides can find their way around. They buy new tires for the jeeps every 2 years.
Last rambling, they put hot water bottles in the bed at night. It lasts until morning. Heaven!
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