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Hakuna Matata

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2005-12-24 22:54:55

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up to a very jovial outing of nearly 100 baboons walking down the road. It seemed like such a family day out as the babes sat on moms' backs or hit their brothers noses and ran off. We drove through them and not too far off saw 2 lioness' crawling through the tall grass in the direction of the baboons. In addition to this sighting, there seemed to be a 'Pride Rock' ahead as at least 10 lions of different ages watched over the rolling surrounding flatlands. Our guide was excited for us to see the multiple lions-which was nice to see don't get me wrong, but absolutely every other van was there. We
finally made our wishes clear as the blood thirsty tourists we were, "Back to the baboons, let's see the killing!" The barking of the baboons could be heard from far off. The two trees in the area were clearly overfilled with black bodies crying out danger to their loved ones. And then it was over, lion wins. Everybody missed it as it was in the tall grasses. But I was there. Sorry baboon.

There were a lot of checkmarks on our list of animals seen over the final days of the safari. Having watched Lion King a few times in the past resulted in yelling out 'Timone' at the sight of the mongoose family. And who could forget "PPPPummmmbbbbaaaa!" when we saw the first warthog. There are so many varieties of gazelle, oryx, dikdiks, topi and bushbucks that I can't remember everything I've seen, I just remember I've seen it.

I spent 2 days in Nairobi (aka Nairobbery) with fellow tourmate Ian. Had a chance to explore the museum, the parliament buildings, presidential quarters and eat a few chicken and chips meals. I was so so so thankful for Ian's travelling tips as I wasn't sure of where to go next...Uganda
or Tanzania. Tanzania won as the Tazara train sounded like an interesting adventure further south-wait till the next entry though! I thought Nairobi would be worse than it was, but I wasn't exploring the 'other side'! We were approached by several random people on the street for a conversation of sorts. Most often they led to a request of some kind. Money for polio, my name and address in England so I could hire him as a private butler (ha ha)

All in all, my time in Kenya is far too short and although I could change my plans on this trip, I'm opting for just coming back. There are so many other additional photos, descriptions and feelings that I could add to justify how special my time here has been, but I think it might be best to move on. Kuki Gallman wrote a book called 'I Dream of Africa' that has become a statement that I feel as though I have adopted.

15 hour bus trip down to Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania next. And then a few days to chill out in Zanzibar before catching the Tazara train to Zambia. Hope everybody is super super good, and
Masai Mara
planning their travel dreams.

-Fiona