Bird Catalog
For those of you interested in such things, here is the listing of the birds that I saw while on my trip. I will start with the ones for which I was able to get usable pictures. However, my photography skills being what they are, most were only seen, so I have just inserted Wikipedia…
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Kwaheri, Kenya!!
After the trip to Crescent Island, we gathered our luggage and started the now familiar drive back into the vibrant bustle of Nairobi. Paul took me for an outstanding lunch at a nice restaurant for Kenyan food because I had been asking him about the traditional who fish. So we had a whole, incredibly fresh…
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Monday and Tuesday: Lake Naivasha and Crescent Island
We drove out Monday morning to our final destination of the trip: Lake Naivasha and the Enashipai resort. This is a VERY exclusive, full-service resort where it was so nice, that I almost feel like I didn’t belong. Paul is on the board and is good friends with the owner so he is able to…
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Sunday: The Maasai Mara
We said goodbye to our Maasai friends and headed for the Maasai Mara National Park. We are close to the busy season so there were a lot of trucks entering the park this morning. A vast grassland that reminds me of the western plains only with abundant wildlife, it is actually part of the Serengeti…
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Saturday: A visit to a Maasai Village
We headed out of Nairobi at a very reasonable 8 am. I get to travel this final leg with Paul’s third and eldest son, Ethan, who had just graduated from high school. We travelled west on the expressway and I watched the familiar scenes of the Matatus, the market where we shopped, and the neighborhood…
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Friday: A shorter day with a return to Nairobi
Today was a little less active. After an early morning talking more with Zach (owner of cottages) over a cup of masala chai, we headed back for Nairobi for a stop on the Kenyan National Museum. This is mostly a natural history museum with some great materials on the history of Kenya that I think…
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Kenya 2024: Zekavat Summer Sabbatical 