Arusha

May 14^th – The Kilimanjaro airport – so beautiful – located between the peaks of Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru. It was a cloudy chilly day. Couldn’t see the jaro peak. Drive to Arusha took about 30 mins. Glimpses of Masai wearing brightly coloured clothes in the villages on the way.

Arusha Mountain village – the Serena lodge – it’s a gateway to the Safari in Tanzania. Nicely located at the edge of Lake – another conservation area.

We walk out of our room for lunch and see a large bird fly past and perch on the tree right outside. A huge black and white hornbill! It was the first bird we spotted! If this was Africa’s promise to me, I am thrilled. This hornbill is much larger than the ones I have seen in India.

We were tired from our journey – so decided against a walking tour around the lake for two hours. Decided to walk around in the forest. Kiran tried to avoid some termites and asked the kids to follow him. They refused, and wisely so. In two mins, Kiran was jumping around in pain. There were many ants – huge and pinching him around his feet, legs and places I cant mention. We called this the Attack of the Ants! Waiting for our Safari to begin tomorrow!