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DAY 174. FRI 27/07. Mnazi Bay Marine Reserve, S'th of Mtwara to Quionga, Moz. 64 kms. Total 31642 kms. Andre & Annemarie Thearts. S10 35.535 E40 30.445 Left camp at around 8.30am, having arranged to meet the ferry at the Rovuma River at 12.30pm. Only about 40kms to go but still needed to go through immigration and customs at the Kilambo border control. No hassles - great border crossing and no additional costs involved, Inga did all the necessary paperwork w...

DAY 161. SAT 14/07. Dar es Salaam: North Beaches to South Beaches. 48 kms. Total 30842 kms. Kipepeo Beach Resort, South Beaches. S6 51.099 E39 21.698 Not too sad to leave Bahari Beach Resort - OK for brief 1 night stop but not much longer. Our 1st stop on the way into town was a BP service station to draw cash at an ATM, put in fuel and buy some oil for Cathey's next oil change coming up soon. Once we reached town proper we stopped at Barclays Bank (S6 48.661 E3...

DAY 154. SAT 07/07. Arusha. 0 kms. Total 29985 kms. Masai Camp. S3 23.111 E36 43.205 A bit reluctantly we decided to spend another day here - only because we had been driving every day since Lake Naivasha about 10 days ago and needed a bit of rest as well as having a few things to do. Chatted to some more of Hans's group during the day as well as being roped into taking some group photos of their whole group. Quite an entertaining lot! Also plugged our fridge in...

DAY 149. MON 02/07. Keekorok Lodge, Masai Mara to Kihancha (via Sand River Gate). 161 kms. Total 29220 kms. Hotel Pre-Mara. S1 11.415 E34 37.311Awoke shortly after dawn and watched the hot air balloons firing up for their early morning balloon safaris. Weren't in too much of a rush to leave for a morning game drive and only left camp after breakfast heading down towards Sand River Gate. Didn't see much game on the way down there though. When we arrived at...