Generally we all slept well and arose ready to get packed and be gone. Yesterday, minus the Bibis we went on one last shopping trip. The street vendors are impressively aggressive. We bumped into Jean from MGLSS, who told us husband Marv carries 200 TSH coins just to give them so they will go away. As I think of it, the 20 cents is a bargain! She also said that this being the end of the peak season, there would be some bargains available. I dunno....
So, we had breakfast and packed up by 10 AM. We did not know we had paid for late checkout at 5 PM. Oh well, TIA.
Chui (“Leopard” in Swahili) has been our driver the past couple days. He picked us up and delivered us to Pepe, an Italian-Arab restaurant in Arusha. The waiter said we should just stick to the Italian side of the menu. Next time you are in Arusha, I highly recommend eating there. Godwin Mbogo who owns the service met us there and bought us lunch, a very nice treat. He told us about the safari service, the economy, the religion of the Maasai. I would call it nature worship, which I know has a specific name. Regardless, it is quite simple for Maasai to switch to Christianity.
Ultimately, lunch was over. We drove past the new Lutheran Medcial Center, soon to replace Selian, then on to Kilimanjaro. We have few hours to wait before the next to last leg of our trip and home.
Naturally, our thoughts have turned to home and loved ones. We remain hopeful that we will see Sandy’s bag before the next Traveling Pants movie. Who knows? TIA!
Ken
PS We promised the manager of the New Safari Hotel we would do a happy dance when we got the bag back. At Kili International, Sandy went to check - it had arrived! She did the happy dance for us all. And I suppose that “all’s well that ends well”!
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