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June 25 - Tanzania: Serengeti Game Drives

There were definitely hyenas in the campsite last night, but they didn't bother the tents and they didn't eat the pile of biscuits that Aussie Brenden put out in the middle of the camp.  I caved and went to the toilet in the middle of the night because I'd had too much water the night before, but I did it before the hyenas showed up.

So we went on two game drives today, and although we're sort of tired of game drives (if you can believe that) they were still exciting.  We didn't think anything could be better than yesterday's leopard in a tree, but we were wrong.

The safari Rover

In front of a pool of hippos

On the first game drive:

A hyena and vultures finish off a zebra

We came back to the campsite to have lunch, and rested for a few hours through the worst of the heat.  And it was really hot - at least 90 if not more.  I tried to sleep but the tent was stifling, and the Aussies were filming funny skits for their video and that sounded like much more fun.  At 3:00, we went for the next game drive

What we saw on game drive #2:

When we got back to the campsite, we were told there was running water so Isaac took us to another shower facility since everyone made a beeline for the showers at our site.  I took off all my clothes and got underneath the faucet, and nothing came out.  But Jon's shower worked so I waited for his shower.  It was cold and was nothing more than a trickle, but I was happy to have a shower.

Dinner was a yummy beef stew, which we ate and then sat around and watched the Aussies drink the moonshine they bought in Lake Malawi.  Then we all went to the toilet and went to bed.

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