Lake Manyara

August 19, 2003

When we checked in to our hotel at Lake Manyara, I walked out on the balcony to admire the view and felt that prickling on the back of the neck felt when you sense you’re being watched. I turned around and looked up into the eyes of a large baboon looking down at me from the roof! Baboons are so abundant and such a nuisance that some hotel employees’ sole task is to patrol the grounds and chase them away.