15th & 16th May Yesterday I made a conscious effort to have proper Kiswahili lessons and realised how many bad habits I have already picked up, the advice from my Mwalimu (teacher) was to ask everyone to speak to me only in Kiswahili so be prepared for lots of...
14th May Today I was joining a guest on their walking safari which I was looking forward to, however it meant a very early rise to be able to walk and feed the dogs before 7am! 7:00am turned into 7:30am (a mild case of Swahili time) and then we were off. We were...
13th May Check on the swifts and release them from their box and they manage to fly back to their nest ? hopefully what ever was in there last night that disturbed them has gone away. I’m trying to start each day with some exercise, especially as the Lewa half...
12th May Today I didn’t do much, I spent a lot of time in front of the computer editing the jackal cub photos and old photos which I hadn’t gotten around to yet. I also attempted to make the house keepers less scared of the dogs by showing them some of the tricks they...
11th May Today I am off to Nanyuki for the second attempt at getting a SIM card. I take the dogs for a quick walk, feed them and the cat and then leave at 8. Early morning walks Going anywhere here means a game drive on the way, which is great. We saw Bat eared fox,...
10th May I appear to be in a habit of waking up early so I attempted to make the most of it and go for a run before it gets hot/starts raining. Again I run with one dog at a time, I take the big dog Rafa first all was going well until he sees something and makes a...
9th May The night was pretty uneventful and we wake up refreshed. Charl goes off to work (2 min walk to the office) and I attempt my first run. I decide I can only manage one dog at a time on a single track path hacked through the thicket. I’ll be honest, it was not...
Moving Day! 7th May Today we are starting the trip from Arusha, Tanzania to Lewa, Kenya. The car is jam-packed with household goods, two dogs a cat in a cat travel bag, Charl and I. According to google maps, it's around 518km (give or take) from point A to B and...
Hello my name is Natasha, I have been bullied into starting a blog so here it is. Back story: Charl and I with our 3 pets lived in Arusha, Tanzania in a small house in a lovely little compound. For 2 years I was teaching PE and Charl was doing relief management...
