Friday, June 09, 2006

Safari Tents & Mapping

Early morning in Ruhengeri (earlier this week)
The remaining 5 safari tents were marked out today with an extra one also set out as an option to one of the other tent sites.

Once again one of the sites turned out to be an absolute winner with an amazing location. The tent will be set in a depression that seems custom designed for a safari tent with views up the surrounding outcrops. This also screens the main part and the balcony from other tents. I have now reached the point where its hard to decide which of the tent sites are my favourites.

From here we started measuring and taking bearings on the 4x4 circle and reference points so we reconstruct the overall plan of what has been set out so far. This was basically just loegwork for Andy and I with the two lads adding the odd peg or two for the marking process.

A pleasant was also improved by sightings of some bird species we hadn't before seen on the site and a pair of Augur Buzzards calling each high in the air above us. Another fantastic day in the bush.

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