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13 June, Monday River Valley Lodge Camp Tanzania

7/9/2011

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13 June, Monday  River Valley Lodge Camp  
 
From Baobab to Eringa where Willie fills up with diesel since it
can be a problem to find diesel in Malawi. The guys go out on the street to buy
us lunch from street stalls and they come back with Samoosas, Chapatis, Box Eggs
and some kind of an oil-donut which does not taste nice.

 Willie had the waypoint for a camp not far from
Eringa and we drive in at 3pm to check it out. It is beautiful – thatched
shelters with countertops and a barbecue pit at every campsite; odorless, clean
long drops, hot water showers; a place to wash dishes as well as a small shop
where one can buy fresh meat, veggies from the garden, homemade bread and jams!
Sarah, the friendly and helpful receptionist, arrives with my order an hour
later in a basket: new potatoes, crisp lettuce, radishes, a pineapple and almost
3 kg of fresh vacuum packed meat – everything very reasonably priced.  We will have steaks on the barbecue, boiled potatoes and a fresh salad! 

Willie and I go for a sunset bird watching walk. We’ve not seen
as many birds as we could here in Tanzania. I’m not sure why? Maybe travel weary
– once we reach a camp we rest, prepare dinner and then go to bed.

 Dinner is delicious and we have meat left for at least 3 more
meals. It is quite a cold night and out comes our warm clothes again. It is
almost the first time that we are cold since we left Jordan.

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    "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne - bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive. One only feels really free when one can go in whatever direction one pleases over the plains, to get to the river at sundown and pitch one's camp, with the knowledge that one can fall asleep
    beneath other trees, with another view before one, the next night." -
     Karen Blixen - Out of Africa, Kenya
    'Of course as I am reading this, I know that you DO get your visas and the container DOES get released, but oh the internal struggle we face even though we should trust (as Hugo does) that God has His hands on all things and is constantly taking care of us.'


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