The most amusing part of the day was to actually get to Mombasa which was quite amusing as the boys tried to squish into matatus and tuktuks to get around:
After several hours of sweating in the sun, JPB turned to me and said, “I think I’m ready for that haircut”. Before JPB arrived, I had jokingly mentioned in an email the rule about shaving your head when you crossed the equator. Turns out, he was due for a haircut and game to visit a kinyozi (Swahili for barber).
Here’s the before:
The during:
And the after:
So, now, we are ready for safari! We leave today on a 9-day trip that will take us south to Zanzibar, west to the Serengeti and finally north to Nairobi. We are dropping JPB off before returning to Diani for Easter.
Some maps of our route:
As you can see, we'll basically only be in the northern-most part of Tanzania, very close to Kilimanjaro and the Kenyan border:
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Here's our route:
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View Safari in a larger map
We are very excited to go on this trip after so many hours in the lab over the last few weeks. We should be able to blog along the way so we’ll keep you updated.
Hi John! So nice to see you and so nice of you to visit. A taste of home for the wazungu. Have a wonderful trip; E, your latest photos are so nice and sunny. Makes the weather look wonderful, even if the sun is actually hotter than it looks.
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McMom
Honestly, you are crossing off those "100 places to visit" with alacrity! :) Love the game face for the equatorial haircut, and wishing you the best trip ever. The matatu looked really squished and they must think he's very, very wealthy based on your earlier postings about size/weight because he's a big man!
ReplyDeleteYou all look so very happy; travel blessings!