I think we're back

It certainly seems to be wet and cold and there are dog and pussy cats all over the place. Yes, I think we're home.

Well this is the view from the coffee bar at Samburu Lodge. The coffee was quite nice too.


And on the first proper game drive we occasionally felt as though we'd been brought there to entertain the locals


Though some of them didn't find us so interesting


This very laid-back lady had other things on her mind than odd clicking, squeaking creatures wearing white safari buses


Like the cool bloke having a quick pint in the river


In fact rather suddenly things got pretty hot and the lady got laid.

There was a crescendo of clicking and squeaking from the white buses and the lion growled sweet nothings into the lady's ear and then bit it.
And all before ten in the morning.

Well I've got about 3,000 pictures, 3 mosquito bites and toothache. I can't remember how to go shopping and I have to say it doesn't seem a very interesting way to spend time just now. I have a feeling we have a gig tomorrow night and I think I went to the dentist today...um that would be an English sort of today I suppose. We rather lost track of how time usually works; it seems to work quite differently in Africa. There's lots of hasty eating, packing and meeting the driver followed by lots of (apparently aimless) driving across savannahs and up and down dusty tracks in the trackless wilderness followed by quick dashes to the next sighting where it all becomes extremely astonishing and breath-taking for an unmeasured period of time and then a final staggering back to a room and a shower and a meal before collapsing into a bed and dreaming of getting up in time for the next round! Astonishment and hyperbole were kept at a high level. Words frequently failed!
It was a pretty good way to spend time and I thoroughly recommend it :)