Today was supposed to be a gentle relaxing day. The morning started as planned with a
leisurely breakfast watching a troop of baboons in the trees and rocks around
the camp. We set off a 9 am for a short
drive around the kopjes – absolutely no wildlife except a couple of ostriches
bonking!! We were impressed with our
navigation skills as we managed to reach the rangers post despite the map and
the roads seeming to be completely at odds.
We had an interesting talk by one of the 60 rangers on the Moru Black Rhino
Project – there are apparently 35 Rhino in the area not that we have managed to
see any.
We then drove to view some Maasai rock art and Ngong Rock
which looks like (is!!) Simba Rock from the Lion King. Refreshed after a vergmite lunch we planned
to go rhino spotting but, the best laid plans, 10 minutes down the track we got
stuck in the mud, not helped by the diff lock on the landrover not working (our
ongoing equipment saga). Ian tried to
dig us out, jacking up the rear wheels to get firewood under them to get some
grip, with me on lion watch duty - but all to no avail. After well over an hour of wallowing in mud we
eventually accepted defeat and phoned Liz at Safari Drive to get her to phone a
ranger. 45 mins later we were pulled out
but not by the ranger – finally another safari group decided to visit Ngong rock
and they had the entertainment of watching us get towed out of the thick ouzy
black mud.
Having had enough excitement for one day we returned to camp
for our first bush shower – I was impressed it was good enough to get all the
mud off Ian. We managed to rustle up quite a successful corn beef hash – the
lack of a fridge is making for an interesting diet.
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