Monkey in My Tree

After a rough go of it on the all-night train to Kigoma (pics below) we arrived in Kigoma and settled into the nicest hotel in town, the Hilltop, around 6am. Siwan and I fell asleep instantly on the full-size beds and woke to vervet monkeys in our tree overhanging the hotel room porch. I didn’t use the zoom feature on my camera to get that shot above. Kigoma delivers!

Here’s the light switch on the train; two wires connected by hand at the right angle activate the power. No one was hurt in the process, promise Mom.

 

Here I am after 8 hours of shouting “ATCHA!” (STOP IT) at the bandits trying to break into our room all night. Thrilled, can’t you tell…