When we were invited to visit our Maasai friends at Ilkengarre village on January 1st, we figured it would be a great way to celebrate New Year's Eve if we went down on the 31st and stayed at a tented camp. The girls were keen to spend New Year's Eve having fun that involved live music and a rousing countdown (and cute boys, if possible). The woman who made our reservation (her name was Irene) promised me there would be a New Year's Eve program, but said it was a "surprise" and she couldn't tell me the details. That should have tipped me off that maybe there was not a firm plan for festivities at Kibo Tented Camp. Indeed, the big program was (in its entirety) a cake that was rolled out at midnight and a slew of Kenyan reggae tunes belted out from the bar's crackly sound system and speakers. There were no cute boys in sight. Our mantra for the evening became "Damn you, Irene!" We made the most of it, though, and drank champagne while playing Phase 10 in our tents (the girls have made me promise to plan something fun next year). Game drives on either side of the lame New Year's program made up for it, as we saw a wide range of animals (including a pride of 7 lions and a serval cat - very cool). Also, Mount Kilimanjaro put on a show on January 1st, remaining visible and beautiful all day long.
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