Day 66 Samburu National Game Reserve

Woke to the sounds of the village coming to life - cattle, goats, chickens and of course humans. The villagers made breakfast for us, expert omelettes, scrambled eggs and pancakes and then it was in to the game reserve itself, where we are staying by the Lodge.

The highlight of the morning before our arrival there was my finding some Weetabix when shopping (and everyone knows that I have been - jokingly - desperate for some). Then, within some two minutes our arrival at the lodge, a baboon had got into the truck door and run off with two of our three packets! After the initial total astonishment all round, there was - of course - much laughter at my expense!

Went for two long drives (midday and evening) and saw giraffe, elephant (one large bull just ambled across the track in front of us, and also saw two bulls sparring), oryx, water buck, gazelle, antelope, impala, dikdik, ostrich, bustard and of course baboons, and perhaps others that I cannot remember. Roof seats really are a great invention. Also crocodiles, as we sat in the bar watching the sunset over the Ewaso Nyiro river - it's a hard life.

Just another fantastic day, with something of a Big Day coming up tomorrow.