| Another day, another ass-bumping, asphalt-less drive. An elephant could
hide in these potholes. We ride to the Serengeti plains. Along the way
we stopped at Olduvai gorge, an archaelogical site famous for the oldest
recorded human fossils. Fossilized footsteps, 3.6 million years old, lay
preserved in stone nearby. After working our imaginations about the origin
of man, we hit the road again (or it hit us). Our driver called this dirt
track a "super highway." The Serengeti stretches into infinity in all
directions. We need a 360 degree camera to capture the feeling of driving
through a sea of grass. This vast land supports all animals but is famous
for lions, leopards, and cheetahs. That's why our camp, which doesn't
have any fences, has rangers armed with AK-47 assault rifles. I asked
how many guests have been eaten so far, the answer: not many. That's comforting. |
