Kenya Safari

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Looking back from the base of the volcanic hill.

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Determination.

Too hot for Slick with heat waves forming a trifecta from sun, wind and rocks.

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Payoff

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Just....birds.

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Some type of hornbill.

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The dozing security guard at the gate.

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These 'pigs in shit' were not nomadic, unlike their cousins.

They found paradise and stayed year round.

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The subdued neighbors.



At other times of the year, Kilimanjaro provides a nice backdrop to this park.

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Damn, damn.....people. They'll prolly even want to talk. *sigh*

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The Africa of my nightly dreams.

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The fleeting and elusive Dik Dik couple.

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More birds...

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The terrestrial Secretary bird

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Osprey

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I think this is a bustard.

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Great stuff Hick. Memories for a lifetime are made from these special moments. Thank you for sharing.

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Great stuff Hick. Memories for a lifetime are made from these special moments. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you very much Pee, very kind of you to say.



Final overnight

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Came with quite a nice view from the room.



To the left.

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Front and center



Staff maintained this waterhole for the local trumpeters....and man did they trumpet their happiness!

Also, they'd put a large slab of meat out at night, turn on some floodlights and advertise the local leopard but he didn't make it on our night.