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Day 17  Masai Mara, Kenya  22 July 2018

Hot air balloon day,  🙂 We were picked up at 5am and taken to the Balloon launch area 40 minutes away. It was very cold. Because the National Park didn’t, open until 6:30am we had an armed Park Ranger accompany … Continue reading

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Day  16   Serengeti Tanzania to Masai Mara Kenya 21 July 2018

We had a slow start to our travel day. All packed and out of our room by 7.20am for a 7.30 breakfast. Damien our waiter knew our order and just confirmed with us before heading off to the kitchen.  Breakfast … Continue reading

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Africa, Day 13 Ngorongoro to Serengeti 18 July 2018

We woke st 5:45am, another travel day, new adventures. Today is my 60th birthday and Deb has put so much effort into making it special. Deb gave me a card and then showed me many pictures of many cards waiting … Continue reading

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Africa, Day 9 Nairobi to Tarangire National Park Tanzania via Kilimanjaro 14 July 2018

After getting to sleep last night sometime after 1:30am it was nice to wake around 7am. We had a quiet morning, and were picked up at 11am for transfer to Wilson Airport in Nairobi. This airport services the international flights … Continue reading

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Africa Day 7 and Day 8 Victoria Falls, a Game Drive and the Zambezi River 12 & 13 July 2018

Here it is everybody, grab yourself a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the ride, we did. Once apon a time Greg and Deb ……….. Day 7 Victoria Falls Zambia and Zimbabwe sides and a Game Drive We left … Continue reading

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Africa Day 7  Livingstone and Victoria Falls, and much, much more. 13 July 2018

Africa Day 7  Livingstone and Victoria Falls, and much, much more. 13 July 201 I bet you were all expecting the “Once upon a time ……” version with that headline, sorry, but its been a very busy day, so tonight … Continue reading

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Africa Day 6 Cape Town to Livingstone Zambia 11 July 2018

I have been waiting for this moment,  yes here it is “Livingstone I presume”, yes folks today we have flown from Cape Town South Africa to Livingstone Zambia. (well Livingstone international airport anyway). In days gone by this area was … Continue reading

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Africa Day 3 Cape Town 8 July 2018

I forgot to mention the wonderful surprises waiting for us in our room when we checked in on Friday night, my only excuse is that it was a VERY long day. When we got into our room we found a … Continue reading

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Africa Day 1 Adelaide to Cape Town 6 July 2018

A 4:30am pick up, is way too early.  We both have this thing of checking the time every hour or so, so that we don’t sleep through the alarm. 3:48 and Debs alarm went off! I was awake Deb was … Continue reading

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27 May 2018 End of one flight and then another one home

Our flight arrived ahead of time in Melbourne at 7:00am. We were through imigration and customs fairly quickly. We went to the Qantas service desk and they got us on the 8:40am to Adelaide, so much better than the 11.40am … Continue reading

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