Well Dad and I just returned from our safari. I don't have pictures yet, but they will be coming soon enough. It was a great time and saw more animals than I ever imagined possible. Around this time each year, millions of Wildebeast and Zebras migrate from the Serengeti of Tanzania into the Masai Mara of Kenya. With all these crazy looking creatures, the carnivores get excited. We saw a Hyena just throwing around a wildebeast by the entrails while the prey was still trying to kick away; Cheetah run down wildebeast in a flash; and several Lions having their breakfast or dinner on the poor animals exhausted from the long journey north.
The migration of the Wildebeast is not the only migration we witnessed though. There was also the great migration of the Wazungu. If you're not familiar with the Wazungu, it is a white-skinned creature that walks along on two legs and drives around the park in these silly little vans just waiting for something to happen. The instant someone saw a cheetah, all the safari guides were on the radio letting the others know. When we found the cheetah getting ready to hunt, it was witnessed alongside about 40 other vehicles all filled with camera-snapping Wazungu. Yes, I am part of the problem as I am one of the Wazungu who also migrated, but something just seemed weird about it all. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the Mara, I just wish there was another way to experience it all. More details to come...
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I saw the great migration when I was there 8 years ago. As far as the eye can see in all directions! Incredible...
Wish I was the photographer I am today back then.
I, too, have seen this migration thing that you talk of. I saw it on the discovery channel! Ha! Ok, maybe not the same experience that you had. Yours sounds much more fun. Sounds like your time in Africa has been amazing. I am a bit jealous of all the things that you are experiencing. I'm sure it is life changing. The states miss you...travel safe back here.
PS - nice picture of the elephants getting it on! You dork!
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