We spent Halloween on safari at Arusha National Park! We got really close to buffalo and giraffes:
By far the coolest part of the park was the THOUSANDS of flamingos at the Momela Lakes. The lakes are alkaline, which I guess attracts certain types of algae and crustaceans that the flamingos like to eat. There was pink everywhere:
As we were getting ready to leave, our safari jeep – affectionately known as the “Green Monster,” – started smoking and totally died. Having spent several hours in the Green Monster over the past couple months, it was a sad event.
We had to tow it out with a rope (yes a rope) tied to another jeep, which meant many repeated attempts and big struggles up hills. One hill in particular was pretty steep, so Katie, Maiken, Brandon, and I got out to lighten the load…and we had to run alongside the car up the hill, because there were animals that could have hurt us everywhere! I couldn’t make this stuff up, literally we were running with the jeep as cover so that the big baboons and giraffes wouldn’t come mess with us. Only in Africa.
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