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steffid Aug 6th, 2008 08:51 AM

I feel good
 
It is less than a week to go and I will finally fly to Paradise (Kenya). Sometimes I didn't believe that this day will come, but now I am confident;-))

A big thank you to everyboday, you were wonderful and gave me such good advice!!! We will report as soon as we are back.

Now I will start with the last thing to do: packing...

regards
steff

Patty Aug 6th, 2008 09:08 AM

Have a wonderful time, Steff, and looking forward to your report!

divine54 Aug 6th, 2008 10:11 AM

happy travels and enjoy your safari!
i am a bit jealous as i cannot make it to kenya this year :-(

div

Kavey Aug 6th, 2008 11:35 AM

Yeehaah! I know the feeling!
I did my packing list today... one step closer!

Nyamera Aug 6th, 2008 11:46 AM

Steff, once in Kenya you’ll feel even better. Safari njema!

steffid Aug 6th, 2008 12:54 PM

Thank you so much for all the wishes.

Kavey: have a great trip, you will love it and for sure go back sonmetime. I wonder what you like more, Kenya or Tanzania. The Mara will for sure show you the spectacle of the Migration but Sayari is a grat place and people there are so nice and you will be warmly welcomed.

Curious about your report...

Kavey Aug 6th, 2008 12:58 PM

Steff, I don't know... I suspect it will come down to individual experiences in each place... and those are all down to chance.

We could do our exact itinerary 5 days later and have completely different experiences and our views would be coloured differently!

:D

steffid Aug 6th, 2008 01:05 PM

Oh yes, for sure. I can tell you what you missed some days later in Samburu and the Mara, we will be in Samburu 14th to 19th and in the Mara 21th to 28th august, so we could have glimpse of your back of the 4W...

Lets see how lucky we are.

Kavey Aug 6th, 2008 01:06 PM

Haaa no don't tell me!
If you see a lioness giving birth a few days after we were there, I might cry! ;)

steffid Aug 6th, 2008 01:09 PM

Oh for sure, I will tell you stories... like the three brothers in the Mara hunting and killing a Thomson and the five leopards we will follow for a whole day in Samburu...

Enjoy!!! You have really great camps and I am curious about Elsa's Kopje and Saruni Samburu. We stay at Elephant Bedroom and SaSaab.This time just three places but longer at the same place (we have a whole week in the Mara).

Kavey Aug 6th, 2008 01:31 PM

We looked at those options in Samburu too but decided the new Saruni made best sense for it's size and price...

I'm looking forward to our 5 nights in Serian hugely!!!

steffid Aug 6th, 2008 01:39 PM

I am sure you made agreat choice, Saruni should be excellent. Serian as well, Sandi wrote a lot about it, she stayed there several times.

Hope you will be in the middle of the migration in the Mara and I hope very much that the wilderbeast are still there when we hit the Mara.

Do you fly between camps?

steffid Aug 6th, 2008 01:56 PM

Kavey,

just saw that you're leaving in two weeks so probably, we will cross each other.

We leave wednesday next week to NBO.


kimburu Aug 7th, 2008 07:00 AM

Packing already. Happy, happy.

Kavey Aug 7th, 2008 07:13 AM

We are arriving into NBO late on 22nd and spending two nights there, leaving for safari on 24th.

And yes we're flying between camps.

Drop me an email if you think we're crossing over anywhere?!

atravelynn Aug 7th, 2008 07:43 AM

"Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now
I feel good, I knew that I would, now
So good, so good..."

I couldn't help quoting the Godfather of Soul after reading your title.

Have a GOOD, no a GREAT trip!

steffid Aug 7th, 2008 08:10 AM

Love this song...

Do you know the szene in K 9 with James Belushi? Its part of the sound track...

Kavey, when you leave NBO on 24th, we wont get the oppotunity to meet, we fly back 28th from NBO just after our stay in the Mara. Next time;-))

atravelynn Aug 8th, 2008 07:29 PM

Sorry don't know about K9, just James Brown, who was the original artist.

ele13 Aug 8th, 2008 07:37 PM

Happy Trails to you...tra la tra la! Seriously have a GREAT rtip. I leave for Kenya in exactly 10 days myself and yes, wer are returning to Paradise!


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