Nairobi - Thursday night

It is 5:00 p.m. Thursday night and we have made it back to Nairobi.

We just took a 45 minute flight from the Masai Mara airstrip. We have spent the last 2 nights at Sovora Safari Camp. During the first 2 game drives, we saw the following animals alive, free, and in their natural habitat: elephants, waterbucks, giraffes, male and female ostrich, wildebeast, zebras, topis, lappet crested faced vulture (our driver knows the birds and had a bird book), cape buffaloes, lions - male and female, spotted hyenas, Thompson gazelles, Grant gazelles, crowned cranes, tawny eagle, helmet guineas, and some diki diks (tiny deer).

The 2nd day we saw a bat-eared fox, hardebeasts, warthogs, jackels, hippos in the Mara River, more lions, and a cheetah. We saw 4 of "The Big Five". 1) elephant 2) cape buffalo 3) lion 4) cheetah 5) rhino. So the only one we did not see was the rhino. But believe me, we are very happy and blessed to have seen all that we have.

The camp was 1st class with excellent living quarters and a world class buffet.

We fly out of here at about 12:00 p.m. to Dubai. From there to Houston. Everyone is tired and ready to be home. Oh yeah; we just ate at "The Carnivore" in Nairobi, so we are stuffed and sleepy.

Some of the fare we devored was camel. ostrich meat balls, beef, lamb, pork ribs, alligator, chicken, ans several other meats that my fuzzy brain cannot recall right now.

Texas here we come.

Grady