TravelKenya

The next morning we got to see what the Fairview looked like ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020532 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020533 as we made our way to my wonderful breakfast ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020534 with drinks including tree tomato juice ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020535 as Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020536 and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020537 liked the salt and pepper dispensers ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020538 while Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020539 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020540 were undoubtedly waiting for me to get my fruit course ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020541 before the waiter took this collection of family pictures ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020542 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020543 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020544 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020545 and I recorded Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020546 and the whole dining room ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020547 so that we could begin the 4 hour ride to Mpala, the highlight of which was crossing the Equator ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020548 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020549 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020550 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020551 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020552 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020553 except for the many hustlers at the sight who diminished our joy making coming across the camels (and baboons who I didn't capture) our high point. ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020554 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020555 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020556 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020557 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020558 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020559 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020560 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020561

We arrived in time (actually late) for lunch and then sat on the porch and observed the birds ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020562 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020563 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020564 as the kids got acclimated ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020565 and the birds ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020566 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020567 appreciated being fed by our hosts as much as we did ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020568 as more birds appeared ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020569 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020570 before we made our way past this elephant skull ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020571 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020572 and saw these nests hanging down ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020573 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020574 before we began our game drive which started with elephants ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020575 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020576 and moved on to monkeys ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020577 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020578 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020579 then guinea fowl ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020580 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020581 before we came across the Grevy's zebras (thinner stripes and no stripes on the underside of the belly) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020582 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020583 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020584 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020585 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020586 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020587 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020588 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020589 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020590 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020591 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020592 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020593 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020594 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020595 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020596 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020597 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020598 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020599 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020600 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020601 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020602 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020603 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020604 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020605 and then stopped at the house of the director where I tried on these horns ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020606 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020607 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020608 before admiring his view and tea ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020609 as we chatted ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020610 while the impalas gathered in the hills for the night ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020611 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020612 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020613 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020614 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020615 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020616 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020617 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020618 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020619 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020620 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020621 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020622 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020623 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020624 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020625 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020626 and as Ben ate his cookie ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020627 there were more impalas ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020628 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020629 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020630 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020631 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020632 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020633 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020634 though it wasn't really dark ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020635 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020636 as the herd continued to grow ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020637 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020638 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020639 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020640 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020641 as Ben observed ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020642 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020643 and last pictures were taken ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020644 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020645 before we headed back to the car and ran into giraffes ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020646 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020647 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020648 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020649 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020650 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020651 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020652 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020653 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020654 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020655 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020656 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020657 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020658 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020659 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020660 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020661 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020662 and ostrich ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020663 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020664 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020665 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020666 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020667 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020668 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020669 and rare buffalo who can unfortunately barely be seen because night was falling ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020670 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020671 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020672 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020673 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020674 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020675 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020676 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.05.06InKenyaOnToMpala//P1020677