Day 35, 2011/06/05 Arusha

Day 35,  2011/06/05 Arusha

Day 35,  2011/06/05

Woke up feeling as if the previous two days were a bad dream. Not sure yet if I really have the malaria or not but did have fever the night before when I went to bed, and did experience wet sweats all throughout the night.  And, the malaria pills do appear to be the link between me feeling really crap and feeling alive again. I did also have a wound on my ankle which, was really badly infected, to the point where, my whole ankle was swollen. Not sure, anyway, feel like i can at let venture into town. After sorting out all sorts of odds and ends, we finally make our way into town, forgetting that it is Sunday today, so most things are closed, and the traffic is a pleasure. We find an Internet cafe and at the same time get harassed by dozens of people offering us safaris. 
We eventually find a company called Tanzanian Private Select, run by a guy called Mike. He came in especially on Sunday afternoon to see us. He was really professional. Showed us where the migration currently was, in the west corridor, on the big map he had. He also accommodated our desires of having a 5 day safari. And when it came to the price, he was even cheaper than the lowest quote we have gotten thus far, and within our budget. $675 worked out to approximately R4500, which if we got to see the migration and Ngorongoro crater would have been well worth it. 
Once we had booked, David headed off for a ride, and I headed off to the car wash place I had spotted. The Bitch, as my bike is known, had not be cleaned since we left Johannesburg, and I w starting to get that guilty feeling of being an abusive owner. 
The car was place turned out to be very interesting, like most things in Africa. They did not have electricity, so no high power sprays, all manual labour. You had the option of either soap,or no soap. Yes, you heard that right! The place had these big water reservoirs where water was pumped into via a petrol pump, straight form the river itself. It was this browny colour. Spray like affect was created by the guy washing the vehicle by, throwing a half full backer of water at the vehicle as hard as he could. Did appear to be working. Shame, the guy initially only wanted R10 for washing my bike but, after seeing how long it took him and, how hard he worked I tipped him and paid him R20.