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| Sunrise at our camp |
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| Tents we stayed in at Masai Mara - where the Zebra and Wildebeest were grazing in herds around them at night - you could hear them galloping around and eating and calling to each other |
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| A common but beautiful lizard |
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| Have no idea what this one is supposed to be - any ideas? |
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| The animals I would walk around and near on my morning walks - wildebeest and zebra |
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| Overlooking the Masai Mara and the wildebeest herds |
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| Going for our walk |
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| Julius Maasai Warrier overlooking the Mara |
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| Jackson - my new Maasai friend - he is 29 and has a 16 year old wife with a 8 month old baby - and has been married for 3 years!!! |
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| I have the talking stick so you gotta listen |
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| Maasai Village we visited |
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| Didn't have a choice, had to dance with the men! A girl can't refuse a Warrier! |
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| The dance! |
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| Inside the house sitting on the bed which is just cowhides and a bit of straw - don't think that would make for a good night's sleep! |
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| The manyata where the cows come in through the houses to be put into the corale in the centre of the village for protection |
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| They weren't made for tall people! |
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| The entrance to the Manyata |
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| The fence to keep the cattle in - note the mud and sure had a certain "aroma" |
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| The women dressing me up to dance with them |
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| Typical house - notice there are no windows - was black inside, couldn't go in to start with - too claustrophobic, but eventually went in and had a look around - changed my mind about become a White Maasai and living in their houses - think I would at least need one that has windows and the calves not live in the room just inside the front door |
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| Who said I can't herd sheep |
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| Maasai Woman and her baby |
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| A beautiful Maasai woman |
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| Yes they can jump |
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| Went to a baby elephant orphanage where they look after orphaned elephants, quite often from poaching - they have to be with them 24x7 - they have someone sleep with them every night. They need 24hour care for 10 years! |
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| Now that's a baby's bottle |
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| Water buck |
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| Part of the group on the steps of a castle |
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| Giraffe sanctuary - they are breeding the Rothchild giraffes as there were only 150 left - now there are 700 - they release the babies back into the wild when they are old enough |
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| Ooh come on - I want more food |
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| Lunch time snooze - were long trips on the roads |
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| Aren't the babies cute? |
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| The daddy of the wart hogs. Look at those tusks and those "warts" |
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| One of the many beautiful weavers (I think it is!) - the colours and number of different birds here is amazing |
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| Family tree? |
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| How to bring your mattress and chairs home with you |
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| Male ostrich - I was amazed at how pink and HUGE his legs were |
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| Zebra and Pelicans on the sulphur lakes |
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| Wildebeest - they were there in the 1,000's - amazing sight to see |
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| Waterbuck with pelicans in the background |
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| Handing out left over lunches and food to the children along the way - adds a whole new meaning to throwing your food away - we quite often just threw it to them as we drove along |
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| Sugar cane truck |
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| Typical road - it took us 3 1/2 hours to come 80 km on the way home Wednesday! |
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| And when you thought they couldn't get any worse, they do! |
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| The group and our driver Peter - had a wonderful time and all got on really well |
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