Monday, April 2, 2007

Africa pics: Safari, the bush, Mt. Elgon

Safari: Maasi Mara Nature Preserve, Kenya







Please don't eat me! I was less than 5 feet from this guy. There was also another male, and 2 females less than 20 feet away.














A female lion feeling pretty hot in the sun...
















...so it decided to relax in the shade made by our car.

















Can you see the baby elephant between the mother's legs?

















There were TONS of animals. Here you see Gazelles, Topi, and Impalas.












Helllllllo Gazelle.














Cheeeetah. We saw 3 of them hunting gazelles. I didnt see them run at full speed, but they did take a few incredibly graceful strides (they went 10 feet per stride!).













Awwwwww.



















Monkeys are incredibly curious. This little guy (the baby from above) wrestled himself away from his mom to come check me out (I was about 2 feet away and had to back up to take this picture).
















Maasi warrior. Notice the ears.




















The mighty Mitsubishi.










Hangin out in the African bush: Bukedia district, Uganda








The most friendly woman I've ever seen wielding a giant meat cleaver. (Goat roast in the village...mmmmmm)















Beautiful sunset over the African bush. The African sky is simply amazing.









The peeing perpetrator.





















Hunting. Obviously.
















Yes, that is a family of 5 on a single bicycle.









Climbing Mt. Elgon, Uganda








Our guide (with his rifle) in front of Mt. Elgon, the tallest mountain in Uganda. You can see the clouds we hiked into.
















I told you Africans carry everything on their heads (also notice that he is not wearing any shoes to climb a mountain)


















Changing scenery...the bamboo forest.

















Muzungus in the mist.





















A view from above the clouds on the way to Mt. Elgon's peak.









Patrick and I at the peak.

1 comment:

ros said...

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