Rain! Unbelievable, we have had dry but cold mornings ever since we left Nairobi and it chooses today to rain. Fortunately knowing the way the weather seems to work around Arusha, it will brighten up later on. In fact after saying goodbye to Tom and Fiona and wishing them well on their Safari, the rain had all but stopped. Before we left we had to say goodbye to Robert, who has really made our stay at Sakina camp-site. Without him, recommending the site over any other would be difficult, but he has kept us well entertained during our stay.
Leaving the camp-site we took a sneaky ride up the middle of the currently unfinished road. The detour is up a reasonably steep hill along a very bumpy dirt track which we wanted to avoid if at all possible. After a short stop at the supermarket to stock up on water we made our way through the Arusha traffic. Getting out of the city was pretty easy and once again the other road users were all surprisingly courteous. Before too long we had left the city behind and quickly made the 27km journey to our next camping spot.
The Snake park is a curious camping area. It is by far the busiest place we have camped, with several overland trucks parked in the site. It seems to have a decent bar and the attached small snake and reptile zoo is interesting if a little dilapidated.
It would be remiss of me to not mention a completely unsubstantiated factoid that we heard while sitting in the bar. Thanks once again to our young American friends, a squirrel, any squirrel, is faster than Usain Bolt! We have no way of telling if this is true and over what distance, but he seemed jolly adamant. Plus it was all we could do not to spray our beers across the bar!
Tonight will be spent having a few beers and we will make the decision as to whether we are moving on again in the morning.
On a more annoying note, the zip that was fixed on our tent has failed once again. A strong email will be winging its way to Hilleberg shortly.
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