Sunday, November 18, 2007

Hakuna Mitata from Maasai Mara!

Yes they actually say that here! And jambo is hello but they seem to use it like aloha. We have had some incredible game drives and it has been a photographers dream being here. We have seen lions feasting on a kill, a hippo give birth, a female lion trying to hunt while a male lion was trying to mate with her. The females are the hunters by the way and in this situation, the male was always in the way! So they gave up as it got hotter. We tracked them for about an hour - it was fun watching them and they were so close, maybe too close. They followed a herd of wildebeasts. We saw a herd of elephants with babies as young as a month old! We saw hyenas and a serval cat; vultures and eagles. The list goes on and on. The photos are awesome - very happy with them. I love the elephants!!

The camp is full on luxury and if I had a tent like this all the time I would be camping a lot!! The food is gourmet - don't expect us to come back looking slim and in shape - sorry, it is just too good here. Last night we had a bush BBQ around a fire along the bank of the Mara river. We were serenaded by the staff and some are maasai. Our guide and the entire staff are awesome. if you ever get a chance to do this - please come here - it is the best! Just incredible.

Tomorrow we head off from here around 4pm and then to Nairobi for our connecting flight to Dubai. We stay there one day and then off to Hong Kong, have a sleep and then the final trip home to Melbourne. I can't wait to see my family. I miss them heaps! Not sure if I will get a chance to post something in Dubai. We'll see. - Jambo!





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pete, the first photoof the lions and last photo of the elephants look like they have been painted, or airbrushed or something... they're amazing!!!