Day 4: Further up the Tsavo River

The day got off to an inauspicious start as Tom was stung by a scorpion. Or was that actually just bitten? Either way, he has learnt to keep his shoes indoors at night and not investigate things that feel odd with his fingers. Here is the offending creature.

[awaiting photo from Daniel, I am the only one with reception] 

By 7am we were wading the river, with a certain amount of trepidation. We were assured that there were no crocodiles in this particular section. Luckily, this proved correct and we were shortly across to the other side, in water that was no more than thigh deep.

The landscape during the morning became greener and greener, which was wonderful, other than the grass become longer too and grass seeds went everywhere! All very tickly then verging on irritating. But we could. Not complain, with views like these:
Today, we saw Verroux's eagle owl, yellow puppet, Eurasian bee eaters and a host of other birds. As well as a herd of about 100 oryx and another of 50 buffalo, who finished their drink at the river before cantering off.

20km was a long walk before lunch, getting hotter and hotter, we were very pleased to have the afternoon in camp, with our feet up. 
We are now in this camp for 3 nights, so start here tomorrow then drive back. There are very few campsites in Tsavo East and also no more Internet until we cross the Highway in a few days. 

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  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2022 at 12:17 AM

    Poor Morton's finger. Looking forward to seeing the offending creature! another excellent blog - and day - chaps

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