Safari Adventure Day # 1 - Arriving at Kilimanjaro Airport

After a quick 50 minute flight, I landed in Kilimanjaro Airport to get ready for day 1 of my safari adventure to Ngorongoro Crater... My driver (Julius) from Leopard Tours was my rafiki (friend) all weekend... Yeah, he put up with me all weekend... He had loads of patience... The drive from Kili to Arusha and finally to Ngorongoro Crater was 5 hours... Plenty of stops were needed for me... Especially when I saw tons of masai herding cows and sheep... Oh, yeah... I definitely have a thing for masai.. LOL... I gave away plenty of elfu mojas (almost $1 USD) to take pics with them... the photo opps were immense... Check out some of my pics from the drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation area... I think our 5 hour drive turned into 7.  :-) He didn't tell me the safari lodge was holding lunch for me... I was definitely a VIP when I arrived. :-)

My very patient driver Julius!!! Oh yeah, that big 8 passenger Land Cruiser was all mine for the weekend. :-)





At the airport... ready to see some real animals in the wild...no more pics please!!!!





So cool... My first masai sighting... He's herding sheep.  'Julius, pull over please'





Check out his dusty feet... I asked to hold his spear... He gave me the stick instead.. :-(