Saturday, July 2, 2011

Final Blog

After two incredible days in the Masai Mara, we are back at the Masai Lodge for quick showers, an early dinner and then off to the airport to catch our 10:50pm flight to Dubai.
But travel talk is not nearly as interesting as what we experienced in the Mara. It was an eight hour drive from Nairobi to the Mara and on the way, one of the Land Rovers broke down. The drivers worked hard to fix the problem, but it was not before we got behind the car and gave it a big shove. That did not work either. Somehow, the drivers resolved the problem after a hot hour in the midday sun and we were on our way.
 It is hard to capture the sky, the sunrises, the sunsets, the animals, the cool air at night and temperate weather during the day. We took game drives in the morning from 6:30 to 9:30 and then again at dusk from 4:00 to 7:00. We were exceptionally lucky. We saw lions, lions with their cubs, lions mating, a cheetah lounging in the early morning sun, some jackals, Impalas, grand gazelles, elands, water buffalo, a hyena, zebra, wilderbeast, warthogs, ostriches, giraffes, dik-dik,  topi, hippos, a 12-foot crocodile, baboons, hyrax and an enormous owl to name a few. The pictures you will see when we return will tell the rest.
We gathered around the campfire last night under a full, clear sky of stars and shared our most memorable moments in our two weeks here in Kenya. This has been an amazing trip. We have many stories to tell and cannot wait to see you all.