Typical road block. Be we truly enjoyed the paved roads!
Our room
Lovely windows to the deck.
Our room at the Katambuga House
The view from our deck. Mount Meru is in the distance.
Panorama from our deck.
The pool!
Kathy in the pool. It wasn't heated but once you got it, it was lovely.
Kathy spent most of her time in the passenger seat with her left arm out the window. Quite a tan, on one arm.
Hadada ibis joined us at the pool. This bird calls when it flies and sounds like a baby crying.
Nap time!
View from the pool.
Lousy photo of a skink.
Kathy enjoyed the food.
In town we stopped at a restaurant for a "local" meal. This was the hand washing station.
And the kitchen.
And the food. Ugali is a mix of flours (cassava, maize, sorghum and millet - one or many) that is cooked into a thick paste. The paste is rolled in one hand into a shape where you can add some of the meat and veggies, as well as a sauce. No utensils needed.
Mated pair of slivery-cheeked hornbills.
Hamarkop nest
Great cormorant
Great egret
Nile monitor
Long-tailed cormorant
Great egret
Purple heron
Grey Heron
Purple heron
Grey heron. It has been preening and the feather would not go away.
View from the camp site at Lake Diluti. Jacaranda trees are native.
Malachite kingfisher. Cute and colorful bird.
Malachite Kingfisher, with a fish.
Purple heron - caught a fish
Purple heron - trying to get the fish so it can be swallowed.
Purple heron - trying to get the fish so it can be swallowed.
Purple heron - down the hatch
Purple heron could actually fly after eating that big fish!
Weaver, I think it is the African Golden-weaver
Malachite kingfisher
Malachite kingfisher - I kept trying to get better focus
Great egret in flight
Giant kingfisher
Giant kingfisher - not sure what this pose was all about
Broad-bordered grass yellow butterfly - maybe
Kathy in the canoe. We picked up some sun that day!
Hamarkop with fish
Hamarkop - almost got it down
Hamarkop - down it goes
Hamarkop after it ate - digesting
Great coromorant - very beautiful feathers drying in the sun
Striated heron. I misidentified as a black crown night heron.
Striated heron, in flight
Kathy in the canoe
Great egret
Malachite kingfisher
Giant kingfisher, with fish
Hadada ibis - beautiful but noisy
Pied kingfisher, female
Pied kingfishers - left is male, right is female
Lovely plant that looked like a cross between lilac and wistria. It might be Queen's wreath.
Ring-necked dove in a nest near our deck. These are noisy birds too!
More ring-necked doves.
Queen's wreath?
Borad-billed roller. Spotted during our last few minutes at The Katambuga house.
Borad-billed roller.
On the drive to the airport. That is the left side of Mount Kilimanjaro under the clouds. It is a shy mountain and is usually hidden behind clouds.
Our plane for the first of three legs. We were lucky to get into first class for this leg of the trip. If you have an opportunity to fly KLM, I'd recommend against it.
Kathy in first class. The seats in first class were nicer on Delta.
Way in the back on the second leg (from Amsterdam to Salt Lake City).
Way, way, way in the back.
