Wedding anniversary

It's our 25th wedding anniversary today. Instead of the normal morning safari, we had a balloon safari. It started at 6.30am and we were up in the air until 8am. It was wonderful. We didn't see many animals but we did see a truly spectacular sunrise. The weather conditions were perfect. It was a beautiful morning. Clear skies and no wind. Our pilot (an English guy called Steve) was fascinating to listen to. He seemed to care deeply about Kenya but was very critical about the park management and general corruption. He told us that the Kenyan government received $30 per day for every person who entered one of the parks "But where does that money go? Not into the parks.". We landed near the Tanzanian border (about 100m from it) and had a champagne breakfast under a large sausauge tree. How perfect is that? We had a land safari on the way back to the lodge. We arrived at 11am.

I went for a swim in the afternoon before going out at 4pm for another safari. We saw a number of animals this afternoon including a cheetah. So we have now seen all of the Big Five - except for a leopard.

Margaret and I had dinner alone tonight. We had a quiet meal for two - and some champagne that the other people in our party bought for us. I get blindingly sleepy every night about 9pm. It's a long day which typically begins around 6am and involves two safaris. So it's very tiring. And the evenings are hot.