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Co-joined giraffes
At first glance I thought you had found co-joined giraffes. I had to look closely to distinguish the two. The clip of the lions mating was amazing. Would you mind if I shared it with some friends via e mail (if I can figure out how to do that). I would give you credit as well.

Nile Crocodiles
Is the Mara considered a tributary of the Nile, hence the name Nile Crocodiles? Great pictures. Off to Maui tomorrow with the whole family. Our first big trip since Cuba.

What a nasty end to an otherwise wonderful day. I hate that feeling of being lost, especially where I had no expectation that there was a risk of that. Your photos nicely capture the variety of landscape.

:-) Most people do seem to be happy to be greeted/acknowledged, don't they? Even that small connection gives some pleasure. As for the poles in the timber yard, um, yeah. Presumably they're good for something, but it sure doesn't leap to my mind. I wonder what they'd think of our lumberyards. I was curious as to why farmers would have tolerated (protected? cultivated?) trees in the middle of their corn field, so I looked them up and, of course, they have economic/utility benefits beyond giving shade and posing for photographs. I didn't quite understand how the road came to be going in and out of the Rift Valley. A series of highlands cutting more or less across your direction of travel?

That's some-big Ibis! I got a chuckle out of the hippos walking along the lake bottom and occasionally sticking up out of the water in the shallower parts. The roadside shops are interesting too - they're not luxurious but they show a lot of care in the layout and presentation of goods for sale.

Wow! Great shots. And a great opportunity to be close to so many wild animals that they started to fade into the background, as it were. I guess we get accustomed to anything. With stops like the Morani Centre, your tour was clearly much more than a see-it/photograph-it tour (not that there's anything wrong with that). Your guides were clearly knowledgeable and focused on transferring some of that knowledge and appreciation.

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Safari
Your videos are great. How far away were the lions? They looked pretty close. Pictures from phone or a "real" camera?

That was one day of viewing and photography? I'm impressed. That little rhino is not so little: When I saw it in the video, I didn't realize it was one of the babies. All your shots and video clips are excellent, but I think the male impalas are the most striking of the beasts.

Your description of the small but comprehensive farms reminded me of Costa Rica, where our guide pointed out that the base quality of life was pretty good, even in what looked to us like rural poverty. Farms grew rice and beans and all sorts of fruit and vegetables, and had a few chickens and pigs or goats. Education and health care were paid through the tax base. Income from work was low, but it mattered less than a North American would expect. You saw a wide range of things on one day, even without the mini-safari yet to come. I had to look up the hyrax (it sounds like a Dr. Seuss character) and was delighted to find that its closest relatives are the elephant and manatee. Wow. That's quite a wide range, too.