Masai Mara
June 29-July 1, 2009
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Onto Amboseli
In the Mara,
we stayed in a camp ran by the Maasai
people. It was definitely an interesting experience, we felt like
walking dollar signs as everyone wanted to sell us stuff. It was too
bad as we really wanted to talk to the local people and get to know
them, instead of just buying stuff from them... enough said. The
campground featured a wood-heated shower which left you wondering if
you were cleaner or dirtier after leaving it. We didn't really need
to shower - it's not like we were able to exercise at all, and the
weather was pretty cool.
The game drives in the park were amazing and totally exceeded our
expectations. Before the trip, I was secretly hoping to see a lion
but figured it probably wouldn't happen as they must be rare. Well,
by the end of day 3 we had seen about 10 lions altogether! We also
saw 3 cheetahs chilling out on the side of the road and watched them
for a couple of hours, as well as lots of elephants, giraffes, etc.
Of course, we were also lucky to catch The Great Migration, a time
when millions of wildebeest and zebras migrate back north from
Tanzania - it was quite the sight.
After a 3 days of driving around the park, we went to the next
park on our itinerary, Amboseli.
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Rush hour |
Streets of Nakuru |
Loading up for the day |
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Chilling out |
Going to school |
Jambo! |
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Road block |
Our accommodation in the Mara |
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Bathroom facilities |
wood-powered water heater |
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Lions are really good at napping |
Elephant get-together |
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Sausages grow on trees in Africa |
Road through the Mara |
A pile of wildebeest |
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Wildebeest migration has started |
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The Great Migration in progress |
Some people fly here: not us :) |
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Hippos playing in the water |
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Zebra & wildebeest |
Wildebeest |
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The Great Migration |
Tough guy "attacked" our car |
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Male ostrich |
Female ostrich |
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Sweet troopie LandCruiser |
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Lion trying to carjack the safari van |
Walking around as if they own the place |
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