| Day 13 — October 28, 2006 — Amboseli, Kenya - Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Soon after leaving we passed the lodgings where Hemingway wrote The Snows of Kilimanjaro and headed for Tanzania.We reached our favorite flower break stop and continued on to the border where we said good-by to our driver, Richard, and exchanged our vans for 4-wheel drives the only vehicles allowed in the crater. |
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| Entering Tanzania we found some thatched homes had a different look. | |||||||||||
| Our guide, Serra, took us to a pizza place for a change of pace when we reached Arusha. The primary industry of the area is agriculture with high quality vegetables and flowers for export to Europe. Arusha is also the home of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda scheduled to wind up in 2008.
After Arusha we found ourselves on a real highway a gift from Japan. We passed Lake Manyara, another Rift Valley lake, renowned for its unique rainforest micro climate. Sure enough it was raining but protecting the souvenir paintings seemed to be of no concern. On the other hand we were a little concerned when told as a result of the climate, malaria was common in the area. (The dreaded "m" word) Stopping for gas we were met by the inevitable hawkers but this time an effort was made to do a trade for an old shirt. No deal was struck. . |
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A small museum and model of the crater greeted us at the entrance to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Then, a rough road took us up the rift escarpment to the crater rim and the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge in time to relax and enjoy the sunset.
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