A synopsis of a remarkable day... The birds after breakfast

with observers and more birds

and then we loaded the car and looked into the village where the workers at Mpala live before getting ready to go on the drive where we saw birds and baboons

before stopping to see Ken (ranch manager) and going to the Mpala school bearing gifts for the kids before we went in to 3rd grade

second grade

and kindergarten which included nursery school

and as they were cooking lunch we said good bye and went off to the school at Lekiji

where they did remarkable things with stones

as the locals hung out and we watched the kids at play before seeing more stone work and watching classes and the environment

but on the way back we noted just how barren their lands were from over grazing of too many goats as we went to see the hippos

and watched as they slept in the mud and swam

as they did hippo movie things P1020927.MOV and acted like hippos and made hippo noises P1020931 to amuse us by their motions P1020933

and on the way back we saw these monkeys

plus this tree that might be on an African tour poster

Our afternoon drive began with giraffes

and then gazelles`

before being back to giraffes

and scenic views

pictures of our hosts and ourselves before we drove on and stood on the top of a hill observing in movie P1020980 and still

the scenery

and the little animals (closest relatives of elephants)

before the ride home where we saw zebras

foxes and elephants where it was too dark