Lake Nakuru 2

Back again. Some award show on the t.v., so I guess I may as well be doing this.Here is the last batch from Lake Nakuru.This was a relatively short game drive but still packed a lot excitement into the 3 hours.

We had a frenchmen named Ben with us, he was off and running everytime the van door was open.Here he is sneaking in for National Geographic film shot.

Olive BaboonMariboo Stork

Lake Nakuru

Time to get into day 3 of the trip, the second day of real photo shooting.We left Masai Mara around 9 a.m. and went on a beatiful drive through Kenyan Farm country to a lodge only 15 minutes from Lake Nakuru National Park.The roads were a bit better on this leg of trip, but still much more sketchu than anything we'd see in North America.We settled in at the lodge and got cleaned up ,then left for a game drive around 4:00 in the afternoon. Lake Nakuru is famous for it's Flamingos and Rhino.The weather wasn't great, mostly cloudy for the whole drive but we did have a few moments when it got a bit brighter.More shots from Nakuru will be posted over the next few days.Baby BuffaloGolden EagleImpalaVervet MonkeeRhinoBaby and Dad

Masai Mara 4

This 4th installment of Masai Mara will be the last for this park.These last 4 posts encompass my first evening and following day on safari. I still have another 15 days to get through, I'll try and get a little pickier with the photos so you don't get bored! I'm trying to include at least one photo of each animal I saw in each park.Oh ya, and I like the big cats so you will have to endure more big cat photos. This place was amazing, wish I could have spent the sunset on safari here but most of the parks close pretty early.I think we ate about 1 kg of dust today, I can't believe how dusty it is, I think I will have to throw out the new D200 after this trip.Masai Mara is dusty but it only gets worse.

Vervet Monkee Corbett Monkee

Hippo trail from Mara River

Elan
Big Croc
Buffalo with Oxpecker

Masai Mara 3

There are animals absolutly everywhere the eye can see!



Leopards are one of the harder animals to see. We were lucky enough to spot two of them sleeping in this tree.Our driver Joseph got us as close as he could then got stuck on a log.When he got out of the vehicle to un jam the log, one of the leopards got up thinking he was getting a snack, and I got this shot. Thanks Joseph!

Masai Mara 2

Well here is the second batch of photos from the Masai Mara. We had the opportunity to visit a village and that's were the majority of these shots were taken. The women build the houses out of dung and mud and they last about 9 years.I could barely stay inside the hut for more than a few minutes because it was so thick with smoke.I guess it keeps the bugs away but can't be to good for the lungs! We traded a few items with a few of the tribesman, they are very persistent and aren't shy at all about asking for things.This one guy was so excited about the t-shirt I gave him, it had a Cheetah skull on the back so it was very fitting.Be back soon with more Masai Mara wildlife shots.