Elephants - we encountered two herds while driving. One had more than 27 elephants, including a few little ones.
Rainbow and Acacia Tree. The road in the foreground is about as good as it gets...in fact, this one was among the best we travelled for the past several hundred miles.
Herd of Zebra and Wildebeest (also called gnu...but you probably gnu...er, knew that)
Zebra (Note how they watch each other's back)
Young male lions playing. These are probably from the same "litter". (The blurriness and lack of color was due to the poor light conditions...it was close to sunset.)
Lioness resting after eating breakfast. The recent kill is on the right.
Female Lion...closer (thanks to my 230 mm telephoto. Of course one does not get out of a vehicle, lest one goes from observer to prey)
Male and female osterich with little ones
Rhino with youngster (We were lucky to see this! William our driver had not seen any in his previous 19 trips into the Masai. He was as excited as we were)
Giraffe
Topi, of the antelope family. There were many of these.
Masai men dancing outside their manyatta
Masai women preparing to dance in the manyatta (village)
Me trying to start a fire
Of course, this wouldn't have been possible without the patience and care of our driver William, who repeatedly told me to keep my camera away from the window while in Nairobi (for fear of getting it stolen) and gave us all lessons in negotiating for our souvenir purchases. Here he is dressed in traditional Masai gear...not bad for a Kikuyu! Thank you, William.
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