Safari - night one (2nd post for today) ....

.... however .... no twin beds in banda (note from pic in previous post). There was a king/queen sized bed and a double 'day bed'. Staff turned both down & prepared the mosquito net on both on the first evening so we had a bed each. Problem with that - day bed had no fan over it (and it was very hot, even at night) and it was also against the wall which geckos liked to occupy at night (although netting put a barrier between them and bed). I wasn't going to be able to sleep without the fan ... or even with it as it turned out .... and Jackie wasn't about to share the day bed with geckos, even if there was a barrier between them and the bed *LOL*

Decision made - we'd share the main bed! It was big enough that no contact need be made except ... Jackie's a wuss *hehe*! Well, so am I but I'm a bit of a braver wuss than her and was able to grit teeth and deal with most things by telling myself they wouldn't hurt, especially if they were the other side of the netting! Jackie? Not - a - chance! The slightest thing, no matter what side of the netting it was on, made her squeal and jump and always in my direction *lol* She eventually did go to sleep while I ended up soaking a towel to lay over the top of me to cool me down so I could try to grab a few zzzzz's.

The rest of the night passed uneventfully and we were called at 5:30am (yep, every day while on safari ... 5:30am up and out on trail by 6:30am) by a gentle knock on the door and a tray of tea and coffee being left outside the banda.

Thanks for dropping by .....