Last night was the worst night’s sleep ever! I had about 2
hours’ sleep until I was woken up by something moving around outside our tent.
It sounded quite big, like a buffalo or wildebeest. Anyway, it was wandering
around eating grass which, in itself, doesn’t sound scary written down but I
was actually petrified! I was convinced that whatever it was out there was
going to trample on our tent with us inside it. I put my headphones in and
covered my head/ears with my fleece and tried to convince myself that it had
gone away. I eventually drafted off into a broken sleep until around 5am when people
started to wake up and move around the campsite.
A lot of other people left the campsite very early but we
stayed for breakfast (toast, omelettes, sausage, pancakes and fruit). The food
portions we have been given so far are huge and I feel terrible that we keep
leaving food Fiteal says that I need to eat more and Juma told me that I won’t
have energy to climb Kili if I don’t eat more.
Fiteal found it hilarious that I didn’t sleep last night
and, through tears of laughter, managed to tell me that it was just a zebra
outside my tenet so I didn’t need to be worried at all.
After breakfast we climbed into the Land Rover and set out
for a morning of safari. Rather than listing the animals we saw, I’ve added
some of my favourite photos below:
We came back to camp around 1p.m. for a lunch of quiche,
salad, tilapia and chips. After lunch we had some time to rest – I think this
was to Fiteal a rest from driving and to make sure that we weren’t out in the
midday sun. At around 3 p.m. we went out again until 7 p.m. The evening safari
was very successful. We saw some leopards and a pack of hyenas killing and
eating a baby buffalo – we watched them for ages. We also got to see some
beautiful lion cubs.
By the time we got back to camp it was dark and very, very
cold so we put on a few extra layers and headed for dinner. The food was
excellent again. We had hot drinks and chatted with Fiteal again before heading
to bed. Now we’re back in the tent again last night keeps running through my
mind and I’m starting to get scared again.
Hopefully I'll get much more sleep tonight as we have an early start tomorrow morning.
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