Back to Nairobi

Today we made our way back to Nairobi.  We were waked up at the tented camp at 5AM and we left at 6 for our small plane flight back to Arusha.  Our pilot was a lovely lady named Liz who spent the night at our camp and ate dinner with us which was nice.  The plane was a 15 seater and Liz was a great pilot. She took us over an active volcano so we could look inside the crater. unfortunately, Mt Killimanjaro was still behind the clouds. I am thankful for that one tiny peek we got last week.  The ride from Arusha to Nairobi is long and at times rough because they are building the road and there is dust and construction everywhere. But it was nowhere near as bad as some of the discussion boards made it out to be.  We stopped for a picnic lunch and we spent some time when we arrived in Arusha at the cultural center which was nice.  Last night, we had a lovely rain that lasted several hours and the sound on the tents was wonderful to sleep by.  It stopped after a few hours and was pretty today but it is wonderful for this part of the Serengeti.  The wildebeests and zebra are returning to Tanzania from the Maasai Mara very early and and it is an awesome sight.  Today we saw some animals along as we drove but most of us were tired enough and satisfied with what we had seen, that we were ready to put our cameras away.  The border crossing back and forth from Kenya to Tanzania and all is interesting.  We filled out the papers and waited in line and got our stamps and then went to the next station to enter the next country. 

We are back at the Intercontinental here in Nairobi.  We went down and had a very delicious marguerita pizza that we split in one of the hotel restaurants.  It was so good and took little effort to get it just like we wanted. 
Tomorrow we are shopping and touring a bit and then will come back to the hotel and get ready for our flights-go to a farewell dinner on our way to the airport.  We could not have asked for better weather, people to travel with and an excellent guide who spotted more wildlife than I ever expecteded to see.  I highly recommend this OAT trip for anyone who loves seeing wildlife.