Mon 16 Oct 2006
We went on our first safari (Swahili for “trip”) to Ruaha National Park, southwest of Dodoma. It’s about 240 kilometers (150 miles) by plane, but it’s about 750 kilometers (460 miles) by car. The road is paved from Dodoma to Morogoro to Iringa, but then it’s dirt from Iringa to Ruaha. The total trip is about 9 hours (6.5 on paved road, 2.5 on dirt road).
The photos in the album, are in chronological order. I’ve reduced them all to 800×600 pixels for the web. If you’d like any full-sized originals, please e-mail and I’ll be happy to send them to you.
Before I launch into the story, here are some photos of us:
And here are some of my favorite photos from the trip:
Since Leslie had to finish teaching on Wednesday morning before we went, we drove to Iringa via Morogoro and stayed at the Riverside Campsite, and had a great night there. The tented bandas are very comfortable, and the food is great. Best of all, the price is very reasonable. Here are some photos of the dining banda, our tented bandas, and the shower banda:
On Thursday morning we drove through Iringa and then to Ruaha National Park, where we stayed at The Ruaha River Lodge. This was a great place. Nice riverside bandas with an awe-inspiring view of the Great Ruaha River and a great Tea/Dining Banda that also overlooked the river. The Foxes gave us a nice discount since we’re missionaries. Thanks, Foxes! Here are some pictures from the porch of our banda:
Well, that’s enough for now. Between a slow internet connection, power outages, and my malaria, this post has already taken two weeks to write. I’ll post more of the specific stories about various animals later.
