Sunday, August 30, 2009

High Frequency Treatment For Pimples

Last Post - Final Report Final Report, the last really

my entry in the guestbook of the organizer sunworld -safari, as well as subsidiaries in the U.S. and UK, in English languages - in a nutshell:


a safari should not be missed!



" Just came back from a 10-days' safari trip with the Nowak's Sunworldsafari ex Nairobi (Aug. 7, 2009 to Aug. 17, 2009). We (daughter (26 yrs) and me, my wife not too enthusiastic about ‘authentic’ places ;-) had started planning a safari trip already in September 2008.
When then doing research on the internet among others I stumbled across the Nowak’s Sunworldsafari and was not only impressed by the detailed homepage, but also by the many positive comments. But you know, who would publish negative ones, I thought. So I first got in contact with Sunworldsafari and Mr. Nowak in Vienna responded within 30 minutes – but I would also have accepted a reaction an hour later ;-)
From the first moment on I had the impression that Mr. Nowak not wants to make money by selling me a safari under any circumstances - who, however, wouldn’t want to make money - but, above all, patiently tailor a safari to our very needs and requests.
Our main requests were: individual safari (two people), no tents, good lodges, flight to first and flight from last lodge from/to Nairobi – it’s worth the extra money !!!.
After quite some exchange of emails with a very patient and helpful Mr. Nowak we had a programme that for me at that time looked pretty good – and turned out to be excellent: as a start 3 nights at Samburu Serena Lodge, 2 nights at the Ol Pajeta Ranch House / Sweetwaters, 2 nights at Lake Nakuru Lodge, and finally 3 nights at Mara Serena Lodge, all full-board, with the best available rooms (see also comments on tripadvisor.com).

Lodges: perfect choices, enjoyed the stays; all within the parks, no time and energy (bad roads) lost driving to and from the parks for game-drives.

Transport: jeep (4x4) is a perfect choice, you get anywhere, at any weather you want, even off the main roads in the parks; when it rains roads are quite tricky. after rainfalls mini-busses have trouble staying on the slippery roads, saw various being stuck in the mud; try not to pack too many people in one jeep; a 4x4 jeep is a perfect choice. Mini-busses also have a quite restricted space for passengers, which might be quite tiring on longer drives, and the space when the roof-top is open is quite limited in mini-busses. However, the more people there are on a bus/jeep, the less expensive a tour might get. But from experience we recommend a very small group – then safari drives are more fun, and there are no quarrels about the best photo-positions; remember, the best action on the bus is always blocked by other tourists, when on the smaller, packed mini-busses ;-)
And as you probably don’t do a safari every year make it a perfect one that you enjoy.

Tourguide/driver; we had John (call sign “charlyboy”), felt being well taken care of, always felt safe; tried to find the not so numerously available cheetahs or leopards, did use his mobile phone, the CB radio, did driving AND explaining and guiding at the same time – quite astonishing; we saw the big five, two river crossings (not the spectacular ones seen on TV ;-) which are probably few and far between), lions hiding behind our jeep to approach and then chase a group of zebras, lions crossing the Mara river (a very rare sighting), a cheetah trying to kill an antelope, and many more things, e.g. a gnu crossing the Mara river being chased by crocodiles. When it was safe on the other side there were loud yells of excitement and joy from the numerous tourists at the crossing point.

Safaris: important: only in a zoo you can see the animals you want to see at any time, any time you visit the zoo – safaris require patience, don’t put pressure on your guide, he’s doing his best, most of the times you’ll be successful, if not, don’t be disappointed; just relax and let him do his job – then your safari will be a successful one, even without having seen all 5 of the ‘big five’ group.
By the way, with an individual safari you can do as many safari-drives a day as you want, and stop at any point as long as you want or just drive on. However, best times are mornings before 9, and afternoons after 4.30, else the heat is on, all the animals just hang around, don’t move, and you probably feel hot as well; spend that time at the pool, in the shade and enjoy that time of your safari, as well.
Obvious, but just want to say that: there is lots of dust all days long, be prepared, you can’t escape it, neither can your camera equipment ! roads are sometimes very bad, even mainroads ! so contact your orthopedist, plastic surgeon, and, if already necessary, dentist, before booking ;-)

Malaria: took Malarone, luckily no side-effects; didn ‘t see any mossis, however; but Malarone or the like is probably a good decision – ask your doc.

Summary: Sunworldsafari and the Nowaks are a guarantee for a great safari, you tell them what you want, and they target the safari to your needs, or you simply book a tour offered on their homepage. Mrs. Nowak in the Nairobi office contacted my twice on the safari to find out if everything was ok.
Thank you to the Vienna and Nairobi Nowaks (by the way both Nowaks’ mother tongue is German; but they do speak perfect English as well).
PS: Masai Mara, we think, should be done last, kind of climax !
PSS: blog on whole story at http://kenia2009.blogspot.com/ , in German though. As blog is still updated with pics and links to clips on youtube, check the site again in a couple of weeks.
Clips on youtube – search for user ‘fluglehrer’
PSSS: buy a mobile-phone SIM-card in Kenya, and use it in your phone – a call to Europe is about 45 cents / minute, I guess, a bargain, and there are no roaming fees ! If you need the internet very badly there’s a USB stick for mobile internet, we’ve been told, about USD 50 , no download limit, works wherever you have a telephone signal .
PSSSS: feel free to contact me (in English as well as in German) if you’ve got any questions: fluglehrer(at)yahoo(dot)com "




and, yes, we are looking forward to our next exotic trip: christmas in thailand => blog



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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

How Do Remove Sweetness

- back view

comes a little later. my very personal, very recent, on the day of the experience written comments are already online.
I will now even the impressions of the safari can affect me, and then a final summary.
one thing can already be said, recommended!

VIDEOCLIPS are the safari, a total of 25 [stand 280 809] is already online and accessible.

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for lateral entry to the blog:
because the reports take between Malarone, because of malaria, breakfast by 0630 tomorrow, safari, lunch-lie pool, pool-lie, 1600-clock-safari and written work out with, please bear with us as bug found.
I was at the time of the draft drunk and not in spite of malarone in full possession of my mental faculties.

;-)

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lie flat - and avoid still a pressure point buckling, announced

this time we had not 1a and 1c as the flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi in the MD11 [ SeatGuru ], but 2a and 2c [ SeatGuru ] seats although they were compared with those in the MD11, more modern lie-flat, but not flat, so max. 160 degrees, kinks with 2. sleep is for PAXs, like me, who can only sleep lying side or belly, a horror. you twist and turn constantly to the optimal to lying position - usually printed somewhere very powerful; can [approach early on in 0645 against AMS, approach from the north] with the time we dozed off to sleep then, then I think you do not call it, is then briefly re- awake, slipped around again, because they slid down towards the foot end of the inclined plane, and dozed on. to sit still trapped in the economy better than sitting at 3-4 row 3.
is the lounge with longer wait times, like now in AMS, hours 4.5, very nice.

[ video clips on youtube ]

Monday, August 17, 2009

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why Kenya is india (180 809)

As chaos airports, we already have experience - New delhi international report here.
As reported earlier, the businesschlange was short, the economy PAXs stood for hours to check. There was the need of PAXs do before entering the terminal to 4.5 hours of flying!!
organization there is a big problem, not just because striking, and the 747 of KLM on the day before because of reverse fold broken again had to, and all PAXs were stranded for hours 24 in Nairobi, with 2 klm flights had to be carried out in the evening, B747, and b777-200. but that was known, as you can adjust it.
the way, the hotel rates in Nairobi have increased the value to 2.5 - because of the strike many of Kenya airways PAXs had to stay in Nairobi, or are stuck.
the problem, you ask three different employees there, and get different answer, no one cares, we could not care less. departure would have been shortly after 2200 clock to 2230 it had still not all PAXs despite hours of anstellerei managed to fly. finally all were PAXs inside, and the doors, and then were several containers to be related to (!!!!!) luggage, so that total in 2 hours late - not under the control of KLM.
our flight to Vienna, we have failed, are landed at 0700 clock, VIE departure at 0710, but were already re-booked on the afternoon flight of KLM. to arrival in Vienna against 1420th
the good thing for Kenya: the tourists soon forget the stories about the chaotic states, and fly back on. To recall, there are riots against months of political in were Thailand, the airport blocked for days Thais of protesierenden, and all the airlines had PAXs was there, can or could fly non-bangkok - forget that tourism continues, we have Christmas there - to I'm already taking a blog - it is hoped that it does not concern oneself, but one or more days were stranded at the airport in Nairobi, without help and info, for it was very stressful.


[ videocl ips on youtube ]

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Ok, in the excitement forgot the flight from the lodge to Nairobi / Wilson (170 809)


The turbines flying time was around 1600 clock in the air, with PAXs on Board 9, which already came from another lodge, the weather very well, no storm as the day before, but in flying 28 degrees, humid as on the ground! previously had our driver, who has brought us to the door, nor the selling elephant, wildebeest and other animals.
after 45 minutes of flight time and a full circle 500 ft above the houses, because of another airman in the approach, landing without problems. Hand luggage unloaded and we were picked up, to our surprise john of, Charlieboy 'as he called on the radio, our driver, rapid, and after a brief traffic jams to the airport brought out to us ... ... (see previous contribution)

[ video clips on youtube ]

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Business - throw or before the airport before a bus - will lubricate (170 809)

Kenya has proved to have no good service to the strikers, at least until the people forget. As reported today the first day after 3 days of strikes Kenya airways. Since the alliance with KLM in a are many PAXs, KLM have booked, was in flight, as we at herflug with OPERATED BY KENYA AIRWAYS - and they are stuck for 3 days, so they do not could be transferred. There are 7 PAXs the hours have made, have finally got a ticket, and it was the same one they had, for a flight that was not performed.
You have to do before the entrance to the building in a long line for security check luggage.
dollar bills with something in hand it had to pass rapidly from the snake. Finally inside, hundreds of people in the back and forth across the entrance hall at the checkin counter for Kenya Airways and KLM hired - wait for hours safely.
We are glad that we eat the financial statements, offered by the organizer, tradition and race, were, we would have without the previous been striking.
The business class-only 5 PAXs snake was just ahead of us, checking in was, in spite of the fact that tens of salaried running around, and exchanged places, relatively quickly. Then a completed exit form, actually was a had filled out immigration forms, of which we sorted on entry already 4 per person, again through passport control without a snake, the lounge guide into the KLM followed where told to us, which is long out different, but the signs you have not changed ;-) - and after we register ourselves again with a switch, '(for the lounge (?)) were employed ;-(
Now we sit in the lounge-simba, The lion has more space to move, however, when feeding the business class PAXs of Kenya Airways and KLM, and enjoy the tight and drinks, and the internet - you can now only hope that the flight does not arrive. The flight will be performed today even with 2 pilots, a part of the stranded Kenya Airways and KLM to bring people back to amsterdam.
Thanks to the telephone assistance of fr. Nowak and sunworldsafari, they contacted us at the airport again, to hear that everything is ok, so we had the morning to the whole day feel better that it works with the fall flight in each.


PS: also in Europe there is a strike: LTU pilots strike for 3 days [August 2009], many flights affected - not just an African problem ;-)
only is dealing with minimizing the impact on the PAXs us something better.

[ video clips on youtube ]

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inglorious end? anger and chaos at the end? (170 809)

in nairobi was a three-day strike at the Kenya-airways , which was completed today in the morning. All flights were affected at home and abroad. Since initially was not entirely clear whether the KLM, which flies so in partnership with Kenya Airways, was also affected, our mood decreased slightly. We have already seen amidst crowds of tourists, the last three days on the flight in the home waiting.
Fri nowak from nairobi representation of sunworld-safari was very helpful. Although we had booked the flight home, she has made at KLM in nairobi smart and then told us to lunch that our flight will be handled properly, and we are on it. A stone fell from our hearts with this message. As it seems there are two ex amsterdam flights to / from Nairobi. The evening flight ex AMS is carried out by the Kenya airways (in cooperation / code sharing with KLM), and then fly back the morning after ex nairobi AMS. The second flight ex Nairobi late evening is obviously a pure KLM flight (code-sharing with jeni airways), is in AMS at 0530 on clock, and flies then again in the morning towards Nairobi.
hope now we do that everything works out really well - we had at the end of the tourist's heart flutter and something ;-) - if not worse then ;-(


PS: while writing on the terrace of the hotel we see on the masai mara down to the river - all cleared, the gnus are somewhere else - wherever the grass is greener

PSS. here the demand for WLAN USD 4.00/stunde - an acceptable price for the location

[ video clips on youtube . ]

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drama - or why a jeep and not a minibus (170 809)




clock Since the new neighbors DIESAL 0545 to the alarm clock ringing left, we were able to sleep last longer than 15 minutes. Short tea drinking and cake eating some breakfast, and off the morning safari was on time at 0630-this time with a clock, local 'drivers and jeep from the hotel.
Because of yesterday's heavy rain (3 days here, each tag in the late afternoon, heavy rain) were the roads quite muddy, and it drove like on black ice. Even the all-wheel drive jeep had to struggle all spend on the muddy, soft subsoil to get ahead, at times we drifted across the standing area. Mini buses have no chance to get stuck or slide off the road. had a medium-sized einheimischenbus trouble, after quite some time back position from the cross standing on the road with a ditch rear-in, get out - so when planning the trip in mind: when it rains, only jeeps drive on the streets of the parks, mini buses have remain on the main gravel road, otherwise they are stuck somewhere and just stay, or simply slide sideways away into the ditch, without being able to prevent it.



[ video clips on youtube ]

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local driver from the hotel the better leader?



departure for 6:30 am-safari - the first station, the hyena-family

We and the driver from the hotel in his jeep plowed through the landscape in the truest sense of the word, standard program: gnus, zebras, antelopes, gazelles, vultures, jackals, hyenas, carrion animals hunted. But despite the domestic benefits, the driver makes the tour 2-3 / tag made it even he does not, lion, cheetah leopard let alone find, then, and even elephants were none.
So if your guide does not manage them all animals to show, then is not due to his inability, but because they have no hold happiness, their karma, kismet it is not well disposed to them ;-). Not
All guests have the luck to see all of the big animals - if they pitch 'have, then stop what they lack.



[ video clips on youtube ]

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

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hectic, and leave of john 'Charlieboy' (160 809)

later hectic first farewell.
john tomorrow because time moves away, we have agreed to our heavy luggage, will fly to the small to none at all to max. 15 kg in 2100 to clock in the jeep deposit, so that he can lead it to Nairobi.
We thanked him for the nice, safe and professionally run and stress-free travel.


it a make travel with sunworldsafari , in any case recommended to require, beginning with the planning, to implementation, john as a driver, the suspect lot is seeing and things that they do not even with the binoculars the first sight see - a good man.
the safari trip was one of the few vacations, and we have such in many countries of the world behind us, the worse EXPIRING free!
holiday by the way, the next Christmas, in Thailand, but that's another blog



Yes, hectic gabs too;
my reading glasses were traced, I had it before the dinner, and when we came in the room - in the meantime, the bed was new mosquito net around for the night with, has been done - reading glasses were not found, slight unrest began to spread. So all scoured
suitcase, over / under the bed looked in the bathroom, nothing found. The attention of my daughter, who remembered that my glasses on the blanket [that I had noticed no idea that was not there!] Were located on the bed is to thank that we are deemed by this have found the glasses . The room service has the glasses on the ceiling overlooked lying, and packed with, and on the shelf to cover deposits with content - the vacation was saved for last.
Given the daily afternoon thunderstorm severe, we look forward to a safe landing in Nairobi, with departure from the Masai Mara in 1600 ;-)
clock afternoon thunderstorm I've also pilot grooooooooooßen self respect!


[ video clips on youtube ]

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Masai Mara without masai - does it not - and at competitive prices (160 809)


John has offered us to visit a Masai village. already so it went around 1030 clock restlessly back further from the park addition, about 45 minutes away. , Occurs' in the village was $ 35 per person (EUR 25) - who's Masai seems fair market prices; balloon ride cheap compared with about $ 400 / person. By the way, it depends very well, the morning air, we saw lots of balloons in the.
After our Obulus local chef in the EURO have delivered, we got a brief introduction to the Masai live, including welcoming song of the women who received us in the empty cattle dome.
4 families live in the village, men, women have more here, and about 60 children, of whom to see, but none was. It was Sunday, and were in the sunday school, church or something. Each woman has her own cottage. We could also look into an empty , hut I could hardly stand up, all dark pretty, no window, master bedroom ', with cattle fell on the ground, one, kids' which I content due to the exempt eclipse could scarcely , and in between a cooking area, that's it - and all the estimated 3x3 meter maximum, and there were still between walls in the mud hut.
A Masai led us also imagine how you rub through one can make hard and soft wood fire, and it really worked.
Finally, the visit of the 'market' with village products, souvenirs, all art. We looked at it, but did not really interest to buy something, we did not know what. We also had some bad none, as we have already left there at $ 70 cash injection - Masai are also good businessmen ;-)



[ video clips on youtube ]

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river crossing - again, nothing (160 809)


We were ready for lunch, not before, given the extent of gnus, which apparently attracted towards the river, a river crossing point, the drive from yesterday. As always remained john are in greater distance, we saw the river does not, other jeeps were already on the river bank, and we waited for what happened. In between, John keeps trying to make contact with other animals and for info, river crossings to obtain, he said in between us still details to be done, and doing mobile phone calls. Steve, one of the drivers, who already was in Samburu park with photographers on the way, is also in the Masai Mara.
But after two jeeps drove past us towards the river, we are then, on animal welfare considerations, and forgetting driven to the river, and our position have taken. However, since the animals rather than toward moving away from the river, we have it yet, despite many jeeps on mutual bank, without gnus, preferred direction to go eat lunch in the Mara Serena. desserts


The selection of side dishes and was larger than life, the flesh, as always problems, because the selection is pretty limited, live cooking, there's also, but only noodles pasta. The time clock to 1630, night safari, we spent on the terrace of the Mara Serena lodge, and watch the catcher with the remote drive on the river tierige. A lion lounged lazily in the sun and pleasure, not willing to take a single antelope just 20 meters to the diet.
Compared to yesterday, the plane is cleared completely of gnus, yesterday thousands today to see almost none. Whether we live to a river crossing - 2 small, we have already, including one almost, and another only one of gnus, which followed but by a crocodile - under the stars, or is our kismet, as we say South of France ;-) Perhaps our karma is positive polarity.



[ video clips on youtube ]

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conclusion - a thunderstorm, and a zero in line (160 809)



Once in the last days the 1600 clock exits were quite unsuccessful, which affects animals in motion, as far too hot, we have today's afternoon exit clock moved to 1630th
Punctual as the clock it started, at the suggestion of John - it was our last safari, as he tomorrow early in the morning with our luggage to Nairobi breaks - again, cheetah '(cheetah) hunting. Riverside anyway nothing was going on, the animals made no move to the river to cross. So again in the wilderness, to be larger because of sightings can plow through the just a 4x4 jeep, where the minibuses never get there, thus the chance for, as off the main routes. Result: zero. To see the standard range of antelopes and gazelles on gnus to the zebras, but not cheetahs. Then another storm began with rain, which meant that the roads were slippery solid, and despite the low rate of jeeps was announced tokyo-drift, and the drive-in spite of 4x4! towards the end we found next to the lodge on a remote pair of lions in the, but casually lying on the ground were preparing, not to just any animal, which ran past near incorporate. Back at the hotel we
were greeted by umbrella-offering employed, with their help that the umbrellas, we were dry to our room, number 39 by the way side, with regard to the width of the Masai Mara, the river is on the other.
is now ready to make only suitcases, our fresh garment prepare for tomorrow, then tomorrow will be the dusty yet made an early safari in a jeep of the hotels, then showered again, we can clock to 1230 remain in the room, and then around 1500 clock, eat and sit comfortably in the after-free, [view of the Mara River] 's direction is airfield, just nearby. Since the airfield is located on a hill, the small aircraft flying at our window in windows by height - kai - tak - feeling arises.


[ video clips on youtube ]

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Resche night and colder tomorrow - we hunt the (not-really-) phantom (160 809)

Those seals' in our room, which prevented that ran through the wind, have taken advantage of.
In the night it has cooled due to the rainfall in the environment fairly. Safari for tomorrow we had to create an additional layer garment, the As always, open-topped jeep roof was initially quite Resch. John had grabbed back the chase and we went to, cheetah' country, so look for cheetah. We had already seen in the driveway to the Mara Serena Lodge which, in the bush, so we do not really chasing a phantom. Theoretically, we knew where the have to be, but they did not follow through, or were already there, but well camouflaged, and therefore not visible for us. first it was to thousands of gnus over and through the middle, and then f we introduce again in 30 minutes at first sight completely animal-free landscape. With our 4x4 jeeps, we came to the rather rough and reasonably tricky crossings over or through.
then we have seen a few lions, and here and there then gnus and zebras , but cheetah, leopard and were not located on the processing program.
And after we thought we had lost our way, we were suddenly in front of a landmark, we were on the border of Kenya and Tanzania, the Serengeti. The
is back off on the whole not too heavy, because the lodge is on a mountain range, and there are two huge aerial masts, which are disguised as trees. They are well seen from the distant, like a lighthouse - breakfast was announced.




[ video clips on youtube ]

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

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food in the Masai Mara Serena Hotel (150 809)

If we look back now on our trip, so had to eat the best and broadest range on offer in the Samburu Serena lodge. Then comes the sweet waters tented camp in the resort, which also sits on the serena group, where we actually only eaten, but do not have stayed there and we were only guests' before the Night Safari, at the invitation of the ol pajeta management. Ol pajeta had individual kitchen, we were on the first day only 4 of our guests to eat, but ok. Then there is the Lake Nakuru Lodge, and the disappointing conclusion for the Serena Lodge-Masai Mara Serena hotel group. desserts, appetizers, side dishes there are a lot, now gabs a rather tough beef-vegetable mixture, the rest was meat from the grill. That is to say here but that is permanently flame of irradiated meat, and thus on the outside often black and burned. All in all, culinary, imagine the last lodge was also the lowest.
But still, in all the lodges there was to eat aureichend - make for Africa in all a pretty lush, edible offer.
salad we have not eaten, given the slightly yellowish water from the tap, we have not married.





[ video clips on youtube ]

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