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July 20th 2006
Published: March 16th 2009
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July 20th Thursday LONDON So after spending yesterday with Nicole, having a nice catch up over a few bevvies, and sleeping in her lounge room, we get up at a ridiculous hour and Nicole escorts me to the airport. My first time at Heathrow and it wasn’t as big as I thought it would be. I check my bags in (15.3kg) and I want sure why I wasn’t feeling excited. I mean I was, but it was like it had... Read Full Entry



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Wort Hog patrolWort Hog patrol
Wort Hog patrol

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The Big 5 sighting twoThe Big 5 sighting two
The Big 5 sighting two

Rhino (The name White Rhino was a translation error, white was meant to be wide referring to their mouth, very different to the Black Rhino)
NakuruNakuru
Nakuru

With a Thompsons Gazelle at the front. Copyright Robin
Lake NakuruLake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru

The Flamingo crap actually encourages the blue green algae in the water which is what the flamingo's eat!
FlamingosFlamingos
Flamingos

There are 2 types of flamingo’s; the lesser flamingo which is pink and the greater flamingo which is white.
An unfortunate oneAn unfortunate one
An unfortunate one

There is aparently a disease amongst the Flamingos
Me and NakuruMe and Nakuru
Me and Nakuru

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This is my mate RobinThis is my mate Robin
This is my mate Robin

We planned this trip before i left home. Dream coming true for both of us!
BeautifulBeautiful
Beautiful

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Lake NakuruLake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru

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Lake NakuruLake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru

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Water BuckWater Buck
Water Buck

Identified by the white 'bib' under their throats and a white ring on their rumps surrounding their tails
Secretary BirdSecretary Bird
Secretary Bird

Sagittarius serpentarius. The genus Sagittarius refers to the birds resemblance to an archer, and the species serpentarius refers to the fact that the bird preys on snakes
Baboon in the AcaciaBaboon in the Acacia
Baboon in the Acacia

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Robin your not asleep alreadyRobin your not asleep already
Robin your not asleep already

I hope your just looking up the names of those animals in a book.
Our first campsiteOur first campsite
Our first campsite

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The Brown WaterfallThe Brown Waterfall
The Brown Waterfall

(Makalia Waterfall) Copyright Robin



16th March 2009

Woo hoo! we're in Africa again!!
Yippee, it's so cool to relive the Africa experience through your blog...it brings so much back! I wanna go back!!!! In the meantime...give me more :-) You've obviously been doing some homework on the wildlife...wish we'd known more while we were there...would have been nice to know the Secretary Bird was a snake eater?!?! And no I wasn't sleeping in that photo...I was changing batteries in the bloody camera...the first omen of the camera woes to come....
25th March 2009

I have added some more photos and a video. The video quality on travelblog is very poor, sorry...Mooxxx

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