DAY 26: Help us spread the word, please!

Today was our last day on the coast of Tanzania before we head north for what promises to be the most exciting part of our journey. Our plan is to sleep close to Africa's second-most famous mountain (after Table Mountain, of course!) ,Kilimanjaro, tomorrow evening. After that we'll visit Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti and Lake Manyara - four of the country's best wildlife areas!

But first a look at what we got up to today...Valentine's Day:

JI and Villiers on 'our' beach

To our delight the sun decided to come out early today and stayed out for most of the day. Another bonus was the fact that the beach was virtually empty on a Monday, which meant we had it to ourselves for at least the first half of the day. Our day consisted of eating, sleeping, reading, tanning and playing with a tennis ball. O yes, we jumped a lot as well! (spesiaal vir jou, Tania Louw!)

Villiers looking about as graceful as a flying rhino!

Super JI

Yep, boys will be boys. I also tried to get some colour on my extremely white skin, but the heat was so intense I didn't last very long in the sun at all.

Villiers tries to get some colour

As the day progressed more and more visitors joined us on the beach. And with the visitors came the beach vendors. You can buy anything from sun glasses to marijuana right throughout the day, but fortunately the people that sell the goods are not as persistent as say, the guys that try to sell you Zimbabwean notes in Vic Falls.

This man sold coconuts

Throughout the day dhows, the local boats, would pass in front of our camp. It really is a special, very tranquil sight to behold:

A local dhow passes our camp

Okay, now for a few answers to your questions:

Rayno, dis great om al jou comments te lees! Ek hoop jy neem self nog lekker foto's. Jong, ek hou so bietjie terug met die pryse - ek moet darem ietsie los vir die WegRY artikels! ;) Maar hier by Kipepeo betaal ons $25US/nag vir die banda - 'n goeie deal as jy my vra! Ons betaal R7 vir 'n coke en R15 vir 'n groot bier. Dis baie moeilik om hierdie toer met my Kruger-toer te vergelyk, maar een ding is verseker - GROTER IS BETER!

Reinhardt, ek dink jy's reg - ons gaan ons cheetah-count goed opstoot in die Serengeti. My gut feeling is dat ons NET daar jagluiperds gaan sien. Luiperds is 'n ander storie. Wie weet, dalk sien ons 20, dalk sien ons 0!

Talita, die kroeg hier by Kipepeo is deel van die strandrestaurant en het verskeie sitplekke en twee TV's (wat ons nogals geniet!). En dan's daar natuurlik die pooltafel! JI het my gistraand 4 - 3 gewen en vandag weer 3 - 2, so ek het bietjie inhaal werk om te doen vanaand! Hier's 'n foto van 'n baie stil kroeg vandag:

The bar at Kipepeo Beach Camp

 Please keep asking us questions and send those suggestions through! It's easier to post when we know WHAT you want to hear or see... :)

And now we'd like to ask you a favour. We want even more people to read our blog posts and for that we need your help! Please tell everyone you can think of who's not aware of www.serengetitrip.com about the website! Use Facebook, e-mail, twitter, sms's...ANYTHING! The most exciting part of our journey is around the corner, so now is the time to spread the word! Thank you very very much!!

Enjoy your day!

Villiers

Highlight of the day:

Villiers: Reading my book, The Elephant Whisperer, on the beach...and then falling asleep.

JI: Beating Villiers AGAIN in pool!

Lowlight of the day:

Villiers: Shocking myself whilst trying to plug a South African plug into a European one! (Still a klutz!)

JI: That I didn't beat Villiers 5 - 0 in pool!