Samburu

After leaving Nakuru we headed north towards the Equator and a park called Samburu.The dust was crazy going up there and we passed through lots of small villages and towns.Anytime we stopped crowds of people or kids would crowd the van trying to sell us stuff or trying to get food or candy.The last 30 or 40 km into the park ,the road was some of the worst washboard I have ever experienced.It made some of out logging roads in B.C. seem like highways. We got into the park at sunset and saw a lone male elephant pretty much as we entered the park.Just after the sunset we saw a pair of lions stalk and kill a baby Gerebuck about 30 feet from the van.The light was pretty much gone but I managed to save a few shots of the ordeal below.

Good old Joseph at Big Time really took care of us in Samburu, we got up close and personal with some big cats and were lucky enough to see a kill right in front of the van.I'll do the posts from this park in 3 or 4 posts so come back and check some of the highlights in a few days.Tasty meal. This baby's mom and dad watched this whole thing go down just on the other side of the van.The lioness in the background chased it into some shrub, it thought it had her beat ,took off towards mom and dad and got picked off buy this big male pretty much right in front of usLeopard, we stalked this poor guy for 30 minutes with about 10 other vans.He ended up walking right beside the van.This was at sundown on the second night at Samburu.I was shooting with low shutter speeds and wide aperature for this leopard but am happy with a few of these!This lion was right beside the van on the way out.I'll tell you a story about him in the next post.

Lake Boringo

Well this is Lake Boringo, mostly it's just hot here. Fishing is the only thing that goes on here besides tourism. We went on a 3 hour tour of the lake and I pretty much felt like an egg on frying pan in the open boat.We got pretty close to the Hippos in the boat and saw a few crocodiles pop their heads up.We met up with a fisherman and bought a few fish; later we tossed overboard to lure in the fish eagles who would swoop down to pick them up.I missed the shot, well I got one but the timing was a little late, I'll blame it on the new camera.Traditional balsa wood fishing boat. Piggyback! Baby riding mom.Muddy waters. Lots of mud and silt in this lake. This is Ken frying..
Monitor lizard
Fish EagleThese are the big fish the eagles would pick up from the water
HeronThe one that got away.Only had one chance and blew it.
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