Day 18--Day 01 PT - Friday, October 2, 2009 - Serengeti National Park/Fly to Arusha/Overland to Nairobi, Kenya to Begin Trip Extension to Victoria Falls This was our last day of the Kenya and Tanzania portion of the trip. It was the last day in a tented camp – and our last day with Bariki and Leonard. We were able to sleep in until 6:45. The porters brought the water for our ...
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Day 02 – Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Nairobi/Fly to Johannesburg/Optional Soweto Tour Our night in Nairobi was a short one. We turned off the light at 11:15 and got up long before the alarm went off at 3:30. The six of us had coffee and juice in the lobby and then Gabriel, the driver from OAT picked us up at 4:45 for our 30 minute ride to the airport. Traffic on Saturday morning ...
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Day 03 – Sunday, October 4, 2009 - Johannesburg/Fly to Victoria Falls/Walking Tour of Victoria Falls Our morning was not rushed, even though this is a travel day, the flight was in the late morning. We woke up at 6:45 and looked out to a cool, rainy day. What a difference from the drought the previous days have seen! Repacking our luggage is always a jigsaw puzzle. Gennie ...
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Day 04 – Monday, October 5, 2009 - Monday - Optional Chobe National Park Excursion The Victoria Falls Municipal power had gone off last night; we could hear the hotel’s generator working trying to keep us with electricity. The air conditioner had gone off, and there was no water pressure or hot water when we tried to take showers at 6:00. By the time Gennie had teased out ...
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Day 05 – Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - Free Day at Victoria Falls – Optional Activities – Excursion to Zambia Wow – is it ever dark here in the Heart of Africa at 4:45 in the morning! We had to wake up early to go on our optional activity – Walk with the Lions. We hurried to take a shower and then meet the group in the lobby at 5:30. Stewart and Ellen and Gennie and I were joined ...
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Day 06 – Wednesday October 7, 2009 - Monde Village Tour/Zambezi Cruise Gennie woke up early to work on her classes. The UOP servers seem to be having an overload problem, so with the time difference, she was able to get her work done! After our showers and getting organized for the day we had breakfast. This is one of the best breakfasts – food is great here. We have to be ...
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Day 07 – Thursday October 8, 2009 - Flight From Victoria Falls to Johannesburg/Flight Home Out of Africa! What a bitter/sweet day as we leave for home today and we say goodbye to Africa. After almost 26 days away, we are looking forward to being back in Colorado, but we will always hold our memories of this continent and the six countries we have visited close to our ...
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Day 08 – Friday, October 9, 2009 - Flight From Amsterdam to Minneapolis and then Home to Denver The KLM B-777 flight was surprisingly easy. The KLM staff worked hard to keep our full flight content for the long 10.5 hour journey out of Africa and in to Amsterdam. The flight arrived 30 minutes early at 10:10 and we only had a short walk from our arrival concourse F4 to E20. We ...
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