Left Nova Scotia on overnight flight to London, next day to Amsterdam, hotel overnight then KLM to Kilimanjaro airport in Arusha. (north east corner of the map) Whew.
Arrived in Arusha at 20:30 and suffered through the typical bureaucracy of customs, including US$50 each for a visa.
Short drive to KIA Lodge and had drinks with some of the group. Basic hotel, adequate but just.
Breakfast at KIA, then off with Bahati (Lucky in Swahili), for a visit to Moshi with Jim and Elaine.
Left and did a tour of Arusha National park. Driver was John - really good.
Amazing encounter with Columbus monkeys, strange hairdos. Park includes Mount Meru.
Ended at Arusha Coffee Lodge,. Beautiful grounds (coffee trees, of course). Dinner was OK.
John was our driver. Off on eight hour (!) road trip to the Serengeti. First bit was tarmac, but most was bumpy, rocky, awful.
Stopped for lunch at the edge of the Ngorongoro crater for an awesome view of the area.
Lunch was interesting, as we were stalked by storks and kites, looking for lunch as well.
Travelled with John. Found 3 lion brothers sleeping off the day. They hunt at night due to better eyesight.
Found two cheetah bursting full of meat on the bank of marsh area. Found another dead nearby, no idea how it died, but recently.
Watched giraffe chewing cud, and swallowing , then another bit pumps up throat for chewing. Cool. They have 4 stomachs. Ran across a group of hyena. Rained out for the 16h00 short trip. Leslie gave an impromptu lecture on lions that was fascinating. Good dinner and bed around 20h00.
Zebras socialize with wildebeest and giraffes often, They provide mutual look out services for predators, and there is plenty of food for all.Drove to a small retail outpost, located near a large rock outcropping. The land is very flat (think Saskatchewan) so this gives huge vistas,
Looking for elephants and lions.
Very long drive across Serengeti plains - 2 1/2 hours - to see the wildebeest and zebras again.
Saw three lions lounging about (zebras were all staring at them).
John saw a cheetah, drove off road to see it, and it jumped onto our truck!!!
Hyena den on open rocks, with 15 in the family. 
Several people sick today, and stayed in camp. The staff looked after them well.
Rained heavily overnight.
Long day in the truck, raining all the time, water dripping on my seat in the back. Roads were treacherous, several washouts and scary river crossings.
Arrived at Ngorongoro crater around 13:00, and looked for spot to have lunch. None, so ate in the truck - awful fare.
Saw elephants, hyena carrying her cub, lions lounging.
Sopa Lodge is a huge step up, real walls, showers (after 17:00) , bar.
Down into Crater today, much better as the rain had cleared and we could see. Road down was slippery wet and exciting.
Drive to Lake Manyara Serena Lodge was uneventful, mostly paved roads.
Saw mother and two lion cubs in trees ( a signature of this area because of red ants on the ground),
Many baboons
Lots of group photos for our last day, tips to drivers,
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Tour of Stone Town with Leslie. Fish market.
Dinner at Hyatt Resort, very good.
Drove to Spice farm.
Then continued to far end of island for lunch. Too long on road, then resort was closed. On to Nungwi Beach Resort by Hilton, awful road in. Lunch at beach was fun.
