Lake Duliti Lodge - June 15

Slept like a lioness last night....was totally exhausted. This safari lifestyle has not been especially relaxing with all the early morning game drives!! Today was incredibly relaxing and lovely. Met the naturalist, Solomon, for a 2 hour walk around Lake Duliti, which roughly means "deep lake". It's 700 m at the deepest, and it's really not that big around! He knew a ton about all the plants and animals and we saw a lot of neat things, including blue monkeys (they are black, I was disappointed), a plant with leaves so soft they call it toilet paper plant, their version of a Christmas tree (they are all Lutheran or Pentecostal here), mango banana and papaya plants, and a ton of birds and lizards and such. The coolest thing I saw was a tree with about 4 nests in it...all made by the same male bird! The male makes the nest and the female checks it out and if she likes it she will mate with him, but if not he has to build a new one. Here's a picture:

Here are some other pictures we took too:

We also spent a few hours relaxing by the pool, sipping various drinks our butler Frank brought us. We also had our first incident of the trip when ae got stung by a bee while going swimming and had to run for her benedryl. I believe all is well now and she might even have forgotten about it. If you know her, the you know it was an Incident with a capital I.

We are now relaxing in our room before what I'm sure will be another fantastic dinner. Tomorrow we leave at 6:45 am for a short flight and then a 3.5 hour drive through a game park to our next lodge - Lake Manyara Tree Lodge!!

Unsure when we will have Internet next, but will keep blogging and post when we can. This iPad is amazing! Sorry for all the multiple posts in one day that are sure to come!!

Also, I'm not sure if we mentioned it earlier, but we are staying in a coffee plantation here in Lake Duliti: