Flamingo Hill Camp

Hi all,
Sorry for the delay, but the internet enabled phone wouldn't get
internet in the masai! Now I'm sitting in a large "tiki" tent like
structure which is the office/lobby area for the camp. There's a
waterfall off to the right and beautiful african art around. The
lodge in masai and the camp here have been magnificent, nicest
accomdations I've ever had. The lodge had a very nice main area, with
a great pool, dining area, and a large fireplace. The rooms were
essebtially these small cottages with very nice decorations. The
"camp" is quite luxurious...our "tent" is really a stone structure
that is covered with tent material with a large tiki roof on top of
that. There's a full bathroom in the "tent" too! Decorations, and
furniture are also quite beautiful! So roughing it we are not...well
Anna did have some trouble with the showers at the lodge, not getting
hot water (karen and I had no issues!)...and karen had the shower head
fall on her..."Its okay, its like showering under a fire hydrant with
hot water"...and I definately "stepped in it" when viewing the
flamingos...so we are roughing it a bit!

Ok, well I guess this doesn't make sense, because I have skipped so
many happenings, so here goes....rewind:

Sunday June 28th
In DAR, We had lunch at the rooftop restaurant, Swadasee, which was
thai. Both families came together again, this time on the Thakkar's.
The food was good, and we had fun...the best part was the "music".
Since we were on the ninth floop, the howlong wind could be heard
whistling by the windows. Many thought it was a thai cultural
soundtrack! The views of the city were quite nice from there.

We said our goodbyes to everyone as people were leaving at different
times. It was a nice way to end a great family affair.

From here we went off to slipway, which is a waterfront area with
restaurants/shops/local market. I got to see Oyster bay and the
families coming out for a relaxing sunday. We got some souvenoirs.
On the way back, we stopped by Rikeen's mom's childhood house in the
city, that was neat to see. There are many old buildings that the
Indians made, and some still live in. This one dated back to 1940 or
so.

So in the evening, Nirav's parents treated us to pizza by the pool.
It was very nice...funny thing was the large pizzas were like 12in
wide. We in America really do oversize everything!! :)

Ok, this is a long post, so I will start with the safari in the next
one! Cheers for now, its breakfast time!

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