Friday evening, March 27

This is the first internet spot in a hotel since I've been on the safari beginning Tuesday. I'm in Lake Nakuru national park. I've seen so many animals! lions, elephants, giraffe, water buffalo, water bucks, baboons, monkeys, zebras, flamingos, wart hogs, hippos, gazelles (there's even a gazelle named the Thomson (no p)--it has a black stripe horizontally along it's side, etc. etc. Although I love the elephant, my new favorite animal (except Max) is the giraffe.

Here's what I've observed about being in these national parks:
-it's impossible to hurry; all the animals move gracefully, most animals get along with each other a graze side by side--except, I'm sorry to say--the cats; there is great beauty in the starkness of the parks.

The weather is changing here, and the rains are coming later and less. It is so hot and dry, that I'm covered with dust at the end of the day.

Here are some intersting people I'm met:

David, retired guy, whose wife doesn't travel with him....he's from London, and has traveled everywhere!

Joseph, works on the chunnel, lives outside London but previously from Scotland (LJ/SK--Can you find Scotland and London, England)

The head of the huge USAID medical project in Kenya...she's an American living in Nairobi for four years--she see great hope for HIV/AIDs in Kenya.

David, an American from California who has been teaching English in Japan for 13 years! He missed Mexican food, so he started a restaurant there...His mother won't fly, and his dad won't visit him without his mother, so his parents have never visited him where he lives! (LJ/SK--Is Japan near Africa? Did David have to come a short or long way to visit Kenya?)

Finally, Elizabeth, the young woman working in the business center has the same birthday as Megan, March 31st! Happy Birthday, Megan (and Elizabeth)!

My safari is over on Tuesday (Megan's birthday), I'm still enjoying it....bumpy roads, dust, heat, and all! Bye for now!