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The Bollywood to South Beach Voyage - Regent Seven Seas Voyager, October 29-December 18, 2009

Text by Snookums, Pictures by Filbert

Part Eleven

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November 12 (Thursday, Day 15, Mombasa, Kenya) (Continued) -

Stuck

Toward the end of our 3-hour game drive as we were nearing the Voi Safari Lodge for our lunch, our driver decided to pass the van in front of us and ended up getting stuck in the sand. What a moron. There was no need to try to pass the other van. The other van tried to push our van but that didn’t work so then they got a cable and supposedly connected it to both vans. Oops! It wasn’t connected to the other van. They finally got it straightened out and we got to lunch about 10 minutes later. This would have been comical except for the fact that Snookums desperately had to use the bathroom for about the past two hours and was in pain most of that time and was getting increasingly worried that there was going to be a mess on the seat. Alas, when we finally got to the lodge and she stood up, Filbert assured her that her shorts were clean. She cut in line at the women’s room and obtained the necessary relief.

More after the jump . . .

Let's try a push

Maybe you should latch the winch?

Or, just tie a knot in the darn thing!

We then enjoyed a nice lunch in a lodge that had an awesome view. Filbert enjoyed the complimentary Tusker beer. Voi Safari Lodge is perched on a hill so the lodge overlooks the plains and a watering hole. We could see a lot of elephants on the huge plain and some at the watering hole. There were rock hyraxes sunning on the ledges, too.

At the lodge:

Another colorful lizard

Little bird at the lodge

Skink and flower

Rock hyrax

The view

Marabou stork at the watering hole below the lodge

Another view from the lodge

Filbert and Snookums at the lodge

Next: The second Tsavo East game drive!