Saturday, June 12, 2010- Arusha day 3

Waking up in arusha is amazing because the weather is just like LA. It's freezing in the morning and warm in the afternoon, so after using a couple of my premoistened bath towels I was off to the second day of the safari in a great mood.

We headed toward the crater at Ngorongoro and it was so hazy that we couldn't see anything. Saba stopped and had us get out to take pictures next to the crater but all you can see is some fog and trees and it was freezing trying to get put of the car. We continued driving and we all pretty much fell asleep on the way down into the crater where all the animals are. Pretty soon we saw a couple zebra and the day officially began. I ended up smashing the screen of my iPhone on the ground when it fell out of the safari car on one of my stops so it's cracked but thankfully still functional. I think I get my update when I get home though so maybe it's good timing.

We saw a million animals on the second day too. More baboons and giraffes and buffaloes and elephants, but also zebras, a cheetah, warthogs, hyenas, monkeys, hippos, and of course a bunch of lions. It was so cool to just see them all so close to the car. We drove around all day and then made the trek back to Arusha for our last night there.

We ended up staying in mt meru inn, another hostel that we weren't planning on staying in instead of going to the site, which made me really upset because I just wanted to see the kids one more time before we left. The girls were adamant about the hostel though so we got our stuff got a room for the six of us with 3 twin beds to share, awesome!!! Not!

I showered and we ran to dinner and I realized I had lost my camera. I freaked out for all of 10 minutes until one of the arusha people had the safari guys phone number and he came back to bring it to me. It hasn't left my side since. We had dinner at this place that served American food which we were all really excited about. I ordered a cheeseburger and French fries with a vanilla shake that was amazing although the shake tasted just like slimfast. We ate with the arusha people who took the other safari car and tried to talk to them a bit but didn't go out like Marnee and I had planned that night because we were sontired and the food was so heavy on our little malnourished stomachs. We went back to the room and crashed pretty hard.