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While we were taking our breakfast two campsite attendants helped our guides to pack everything in the 4x4 to start our long journey to the Serengeti. The scenery around us just kept getting better and better and the villages more characteristic and rural. On our way we passed through the village of Mto Wa Nbu which funnily enough means River of Mosquitoes.

Tanzania Travelogue - 8th March To the Serengeti

Mike Krupel
2006-06-28 20:25:05

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While we were taking our breakfast two campsite attendants helped our guides to pack everything in the 4x4 to start our long journey to the Serengeti. The scenery around us just kept getting better and better and the villages more characteristic and rural. On our way we passed through the village of Mto Wa Nbu which funnily enough means River of Mosquitoes.

This is another colourful village with people flooding the streets selling their goods and gaining their daily bread. Before continuing our journey Pius, the driver, parked to the side and made a sign to a group of woman sitting at the edge of the road. All of a sudden three women with different bunches of bananas came to try and sell their produce to Anton our cook. This attitude was very characteristic of the place and shows that if you need to buy anything youre going to be spoilt for choice. Here we stopped again for some other reason and a small boy came to our car asking for a pen. At last somebody came for something we could give and after fumbling nervously in our bags we threw a pen at him. The smile on his face is one of the best memories Ive got of the whole holiday.

Maasai Women ChantingThe best part of the day had yet to come because after a brief stopover at the Ngorongoro crater which was on the way, we went to visit a Maasai Village. As soon as we arrived a Maasai dressed in a deep purple cloak came to greet us and obviously ask us for money. Since we didnt have small change we gave him $30 each instead of the $25. The price looks a bit overpriced, in fact the Maasai himself was quite surprised at giving him the extra $5 but everything was worth it here. The Maasai guide who knew English very well, seemed to have felt guilty not having change so he gave us special attention and was particularly friendly with us.

Maasai Child As soon as we stepped in the village, the Maasai welcomed us with their traditional welcoming dance. With daring confidence ...