{"id":21592,"date":"2022-09-15T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=21592"},"modified":"2022-11-20T22:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T03:02:52","slug":"my-little-monkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=21592","title":{"rendered":"One Little Monkey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linda Lou Burton posting from Sarova Mara Game Camp, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya\u2013<\/em>A lion on the gate! Promises of things to come! We are at the Maasai Mara \u2013 the place, at last! The Great Wildebeest Migration happens HERE. The most lions of any park live HERE. Oh joy oh joy we squeal like little kids, it\u2019s Santa time! Daniel pays the fees, takes care of stuff; then on our way to CAMP. \u201cSarova Mara Game Camp\u201d to be precise, it has a ring, don\u2019t you think? Ten minutes more and we are there, piling from the 4×4, me slowly, slowly, (pole, pole<\/em>) but happy as a dancing deer.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Karibu! We\u2019re greeted at the entry bridge, a heated towel for our dusty hands, a glass of mango for our thirst. A handsome smile. The desk, yes, Abdi checks us in, takes care to get a tent that\u2019s close for me (5 minute walk OK?, he asks). We gather in the bar, a roaring fire, a crowd, \u201cHello\u201d I hear; a woman smiles, extends her hand. \u201cI think we\u2019re following you!\u201d \u2013 another traveler in a group, an Aussie accent I believe. We chat. Then Get-Your-Bearings time; everything explained; what\u2019s happening; and where it is. Balloon Safari? Who\u2019d like a morning skybird ride? Hot ticket item; Rick the only one of us who dares. He\u2019s game, gets signed. Fig Tree Camp Balloon Safaris<\/em>, pickup 4:30 AM. Eeek!<\/p>\n

Lunch is pampered, a creamy soup to start, who can remember all of it? We stop by the pool on the way to our tent. A Maasai dance at 7 there; I won\u2019t miss that. The grounds are spacious, quiet; a tiny bushbuck no taller than the lamp! Or is it a gazelle? I don\u2019t know. And then, what\u2019s that? An armadillo? But with a furry look, not shell. Down the walkway, Tent 15, three monkeys wait. “They’ll run away,” I say. We sit down on the porch, looking towards the creek, a viney haven for cheeky monkey jinks. But one little monkey stays, hanging out with us? Apparently I have a lot to learn about animals.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sarova Mara Game Camp https:\/\/www.sarovahotels.com\/maracamp-masai-mara\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Linda Lou Burton posting from Sarova Mara Game Camp, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya\u2013A lion on the gate! Promises of things to come! We are at the Maasai Mara \u2013 the place, at last! The Great Wildebeest Migration happens HERE. The most lions of any park live HERE. Oh joy oh joy we squeal like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4318,4319],"tags":[4477,4476,4475],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21592"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21713,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21592\/revisions\/21713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}