Posted on August 23, 2008 by Tom van Lamoen
About eating safari animals.
On our way home from Zanzibar we had to spend one evening and night in Nairobi. We slept in Karen Camp where, for the first and last time this vacation, I had a hot shower that stayed hot
For dinner we wend to restaurant Carnivore. A 2 times top 50 restaurant [...]
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Posted on August 22, 2008 by Tom van Lamoen
Stone Town is the main city of Zanzibar. After our diving experience we did a day of sightseeing in Stone Town. It’s a nice city with indian and sultan influences.
There are two concepts they still have to learn in Stone Town:
- maintenance on buildings
- cleaning of buildings
There are a lot of buildings that looked really, [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by Tom van Lamoen
The last part of or vacation we spend on Zanzibar. Armand booked a bungalow at Jambo Brothers in Nungwi. The bungalow is basic, but on the beach, in the sun, beween the palm trees, bars and restaurants (dining on the beach) and next to the diving school East African Diving. This is our location for [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2008 by Tom van Lamoen
Day 1 – Manyara Parc
On the first day of our safari we wend to Manyara Parc, a lake parc. It was not so big, but very busy. For each animal groups of cars were checking out the animal. We have seen some elephants from only 3 meters, hippos from a distance, some giraffes and (very [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2008 by Tom van Lamoen
Yesterday was tipping time. A special occasion for the guides and porters because it’s an important part of their salary. Of course we thought it through and gave good tips. But, as stated in the Kili guide, the guides pretended that the tip was not enough. What a hassle. But when they found out it [...]
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