Category: kenya
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Time has passed and we have left the Mara and are in the village of Shela on Lamu Island, a small but very happening spot in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s northern coast, but more on this later. Since I last added to the blog the rains appear to have arrived; the rainy season usually…
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Up at 5:30 and on the road by 6 aiming for the area of the marsh where we had seen the lionesses fighting for the submerged water buffalo the previous afternoon. On the road is a term used very loosely, since there are no roads, as there are no fences, across the wide Mara plains.…
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On Saturday afternoon, a hot sunny day, we drove into the Masai Mara Park to engage in the other side of our wildlife experience. For our morning drive John, our Masai guide and driver, Virginia and me, all in our Land Rover had the whole conservancy to ourselves. In the afternoon we expected that the…
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Arrived on Wednesday evening in Nairobi, airport much improved since our last visit 4 years ago. It was chaotic then and we expected that it would take at least an hour or 90 minutes to get visas, get bags and clear customs but very well organized and smooth and within 30 minutes we were through…
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Birthday dinner great fun, V had arranged for champagne and a birthday cake. Dinner is eaten as a group with David, our 4 other photogs and V and I all at our own table. Everyone sang Happy Birthday, I made a speech, can’t ever resist, and the cake was brought in by all the staff…
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Up early for a 7:00 am breakfast with David Lloyd and the other 4 members of our group. V and I had had gone for an early dinner the evening before and an early bed so we were in relatively good shape but the other 4 guys in our group had hijacked David in the…
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Arrived in Addis in early afternoon and checked into the Sheraton. We have two nights and a full day to decompress from our driving and to get ready for our Kenya safaris. Couldn’t wait to get to our rooms and a long hot shower and on to a good lunch. The Sheraton is a fabulous…
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