We have tried to update our blog on a daily basis, but have been unable to do anything except a title. I am on limited internet time right now so I won't go back to each entry and update. Our nephew is currently receiving our messages and he will update the blog if he can access it for us. Computers-love 'em/hate 'em!
Though long, we had good flights and arrived Nairobi on schedule. The hotel was beautiful, comfortable and had great food. We got to visit the home of Karen Blixen of "Out of Africa" fame, the giraffe center and the elephant orphanage. Tena and I were both "french kissed" by a giraffe, literally. We even have photos to prove it. The baby elephants in the orphanage were without a doubt some of the most precious things we have ever encountered. Most are their as their mothers were killed by poachers for their ivory. So, every time you buy anything made of pure ivory, your condemning some poor elephant to death and it's baby to being alone. So, don't buy anything made of pure ivory.
We arrived in Amboselli after a long drive in a 4X4 from Nairobi. Our three safari drives have put us in contact with numerous elephants, cape buffalo, zebras, wildebeasts, hyenas. giraffes, gazelles of all types, hippos,and some I'm sure I'm forgetting. The elephants are amazing. We have been up close and personal on repeated occasions with entire families and the lone big bulls. The babies are like little kids with their mothers and when playing with the other babies in the herd. We have a great safari driver who knows how to be at the right place at the right time. He is also a wealth of knowledge about African wild life. We are also lucky in terms of other in our group. They're fun people who share our love and fascination with wild life and the environment. Our stay at the Amboselli Serena Lodge has been wonderful. We sit on the veranda in the evening enjoying the delicious Kenyan beer, Tusker, and watch the wild life walk by only yards away. Tonight we had a family of elephants, gazelles and a hyena. We are up and out early in the morning to head for Lake Manyara in Tanzania. When we cross the border we lose our Kenyan driver. We just hope our new driver is as good. Running out of computer time. Got to go.
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