Another early day, I awoke freezing and remained so for a good long while, before warming up from the sun. Anyway, after eating some French toast for breakfast we went on a game drive through the Serengeti, where we saw many things including the usual zebras, wildebeests, etc and also giant vultures, a lion couple mating or apparently shortly thereafter, then a lioness on a rock. Also we saw two cheetahs lying beneath a tree in the distance, but it was still wicked awesome (I had to throw that expression in). We went back to camp, packed up and ate. We were off again where I had a happy time pondering all sorts of things, including starting a business, rules for success and future travel plans, including riding both the Trans-Mongolian Railway, Euro-railing through Europe, and taking the Orient Express back to Japan when I live there (in future retrospection I figured out the Orient Express part would not work out in this regard).
After we saw a ton of animals, including a herd of giraffes, we went to the Olduvai Gorge, where there were evidence and discoveries of hominids by primarily the Leakey family. It was awe-inspiring to be in such a spot, especially since there seemed to be so little devoted to it. After that we drove up to the crater, stopping along the way to get firewood, stopping by some Masai shepherd children, who consistently requested money or pens saying that classic African line “Give me pen!” Following this , we continued up the crater which was just serene, green shining mountains, with golden sunlight behind. Also, in addition to numerous zebras, we saw a herd of elephants on the hill and afterward finally got back to camp. There we ate and an elephant showed up in camp by the kitchens. I talked with Matt about the Eskimo comments* and the American and French revolution finishing the night off by talking with Oli and Gali about foreign policy and traveling. Then wrote this and hopefully soon will sleep.