Revenge of the Wildebeest! a trip report
Jul 26th, 2006, 09:34 AM
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Leely, I loved your report and especially THANK-YOU for posting the photos of your tent interiors! They look so cozy inside and gave me such a shiver of anticipation, thinking about the night sounds of lions...every time I log onto this site I read something that increases the excitement (INCLUDING the prime Crater location for the Big 5). I'm understanding now why everyone is so desperate to return to Africa. It seems like a "homecoming", is that true?
Jul 26th, 2006, 04:36 PM
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Leely..I'm Virginia in Argentina going with my husband on a package tour to Kenya Tanzania on Set...irst time there...I did enjoy so much your report! Surfing the net I found this wonderful site....maybe next time I check before buying..but is not that easy from my country...I should like to know which preventions you need to take about bites etcetera...thanks for the group cooperation!!!!
Jul 26th, 2006, 04:57 PM
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Hola, Virginia. For us, nothing seemed to work for the tsetse flies, but don't worry too much; I had been on safari another time and was not bothered by them at all. Who knows why this time? The previous safari I had treated all my clothes with a product called permethrin but I've read it doesn't work, so...
Definitely take some kind of lotion with at least 25-30% DEET for mosquito protection.
If you do a search on this board you should get lots of hits with better information than mine.
Here is a recent thread about what kinds of medicines people take with them when traveling to Africa:
http://tinyurl.com/lky83
Most of all, I want to wish you a wonderful time on your trip! Enjoy, enjoy. It's unbelievable.
Definitely take some kind of lotion with at least 25-30% DEET for mosquito protection.
If you do a search on this board you should get lots of hits with better information than mine.
Here is a recent thread about what kinds of medicines people take with them when traveling to Africa:
http://tinyurl.com/lky83
Most of all, I want to wish you a wonderful time on your trip! Enjoy, enjoy. It's unbelievable.
Jul 26th, 2006, 06:05 PM
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thlanks so much Leely...I was not sure if post or not because all of you look as old friends LOL:...I'm going to check the site...our trip..Cape town...renting a car and drive to Port Elizabeth...fly to Nairobi and then the safaris...Aberdare, Nakuru, Masai Mara, Nairobi (again) Arusha, Lake Manyara,Serengeti.Ngorongoro, Arusha.There we plan to fly to Mombasa and relax for 5 days at the beach (another posibility was Zanzibar but we thought better in Mombasa)...well I'm open to suggestions...BTW..sorry about you feeling bad one day and missing the cats....
Jul 26th, 2006, 06:11 PM
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forgot to say....LOVE your pics...(don't want to look at them much not to anticipate my trip....) About the medicines that link was too much for me..like a drugstore...only thing I don't want is to be bite by tse tse or other bugs...(skip the lions hahaha)
Jul 27th, 2006, 05:29 AM
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Leely,
So happy, yet kinda disappointed that your report has come to an end. Enjoyed it very much! Yes, that whole area around Selous does sound intriquing doesn't it? I guess we'll just have to wait for the next adventures of Ms. Leely part III.
<b>Virginia</b>
Welcome,
Your trip sounds wonderful.
Enjoy!
Sherry
So happy, yet kinda disappointed that your report has come to an end. Enjoyed it very much! Yes, that whole area around Selous does sound intriquing doesn't it? I guess we'll just have to wait for the next adventures of Ms. Leely part III.
<b>Virginia</b>
Welcome,
Your trip sounds wonderful.
Enjoy!
Sherry
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