Camp Panorama

          I awoke to another day here on the African equator with the sky filled with clouds lining the entire heavens. Temperatures were at a comfortable 65-70 degrees, a slight breeze tickles the leaves on the trees.

     

         Last night we went to the $90 per night camp that the ladies stayed at the night before rather than at the campground that was filled with people and resembled an American KOA with people packed like sardines in a small city. A very luxurious place with 4 * restaurant and bar. A band played traditional Masai music. The new camp didn't have a pool or hot tubs or hundreds of people but was rural and had a panoramic view of the Ngorongoro crater.

         That night at our camp during our 4 *  dinner there was a group of traditional African dancers that performed some of the most amazing acrobatics with displays of flips, tumbles and somersaults. All of this was performed on hard concrete. They juggled bowling-pin looking things and while doing this they picked up one of their fellow dancers on their shoulders and then another one so they were three people high and continued juggling on the way up and then on the way down.

        Our dinner was delightful! Our chef went by Mr. "D" as in delicious. He was trained at a culinary school in Arusha, Tanzania. We had fish that was from the Indian Ocean, roasted garlic potatoes cut in half and mixed in a veggie dish. For a side we had a leek soup.

         The next day was my friend Aaron's 35th birthday.