Left outskirts of Nairobi at 0715 arriving at gates to Masai Mara at 1400 hours having bumped our way across 90kms of dirt road for the last 2+ hours. First game drive and we lucked in with 1000s of Gnu thanks to an early migration by the wildebeest due to climate change impact on the rainy season in East Africa. Also saw zebra, Masai giraffe, antelope of various types, vultures and Maribu cranes, jackal and hyena, a solo elephant and a herd (approx 15), water ...

First day included giraffe snogging, baby orphan elephant patting amongst school children, supermarket explorations for purchasing lunches and learning how to put up our tent!There are 15 people on the truck ranging in age from early 20s through to early 50s, from Australia, NZ, UK, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.Tomorrow we depart at 0700 on a 250km drive to the Masai Mara and our first game drives.Tessa has lost just about everything today and re-found it ... my t...