One year ago today: Oct 9, 2005 (A safari rest day)

[Note: original post from the trip is posted here]

We'd been driving around in a hot, dusty, bumpy jeep for 8+ hours per day for the past week so we decided to take a rest day. In the morning, we took a short hike out near Lake Manyara and then drove to Tarangire National Park. I was very excited to see and photograph the baobab trees for which Tarangire was famous.

Nonetheless, upon arrival and a short lunch in Tarangire we decided to cut short our day and check in early at our lodge. For our last night on the safari, we were treated to a luxury tented lodge, this time at Tarangire River Camp. It was nice to have some rest, and we would see more of the park on the following day.


Ian enjoys the bed.


The common area, built around a baobab tree.