Promised boring Kenya trip report
Dec 16th, 2009, 07:52 AM
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I've just uploaded the first day's photos to Smugmug, so if it is a slow day at work tomorrow I should be able to really start boring you within 13 hours.
Thank you for your dignity, Percy.
Thank you for your dignity, Percy.
Dec 16th, 2009, 11:53 AM
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Oh you are easy to find on smugmug and I must say you are really getting good with your camera. Beautiful start and really enjoyed your mini trip report to go along. It seems like you always end up with some kind of an adventure on your trips. At least this time Rekero took care of you and treated you right.
Dec 16th, 2009, 05:41 PM
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Patty!!!! Joyce!!!
(wrapping towel around waste with beetroot red face)
For the dignified waiters like Percy, here is a link....
http://tinyurl.com/yk6eoxh
(wrapping towel around waste with beetroot red face)
For the dignified waiters like Percy, here is a link....
http://tinyurl.com/yk6eoxh
Dec 17th, 2009, 04:26 PM
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The topi in the sunset is fantastic and so were your bikes in the sunset, an unusual shot. Many great scenery pics in addition to animals. I like the cheetah looking out over his/her kingdom.
Leely's comments on your photo essays of Mrs. K are perfect.
Leely's comments on your photo essays of Mrs. K are perfect.
Dec 17th, 2009, 10:18 PM
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Thank you, especially for the idea of giraffe cricket.
Leely... Mrs K is an evolutionary miracle.
I decided to use the quick and dirty photo conversions I did for Mrs K's Web site in my report. That will speed things up a bit. There are another 2-3 days' worth up now, but I'll post here when it is complete if you prefer to wait.
Leely... Mrs K is an evolutionary miracle.
I decided to use the quick and dirty photo conversions I did for Mrs K's Web site in my report. That will speed things up a bit. There are another 2-3 days' worth up now, but I'll post here when it is complete if you prefer to wait.
Dec 18th, 2009, 02:52 AM
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Very nice photos.Some wonderful lights and compositions and excellent sunsets,thanks for sharing.
Kicheche Busch Camp is on my wish list.I see that you have stayed at both Main and Busch Camp. How would you compare the areas for game viewing.
Paco.
Kicheche Busch Camp is on my wish list.I see that you have stayed at both Main and Busch Camp. How would you compare the areas for game viewing.
Paco.
Dec 18th, 2009, 04:46 AM
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PAco... Both are good with their "own" lion prides and "resident" cheetahs, but it's generally so easy to drive across the river into the reserve from Olare Orok, and that gives it the edge I think, for quantity. In neither place would you have much difficulty seeing game, though. We saw more at Bush Camp, but that was during the migration, compared to November at Main Camp.
Dec 18th, 2009, 09:30 AM
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How many rhino are at the sanctuary now?
I also thought lunches were very good but dinners leaned too meat and potatoish.
I think this was Eben's cattle comment that I was remembering http://www.fodors.com/community/afri...-the-river.cfm
Sadly, we found out this year that our guide at Kicheche died of AIDS.
I also thought lunches were very good but dinners leaned too meat and potatoish.
I think this was Eben's cattle comment that I was remembering http://www.fodors.com/community/afri...-the-river.cfm
Sadly, we found out this year that our guide at Kicheche died of AIDS.
Dec 18th, 2009, 11:14 PM
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Ah, I see what you mean Patty. I think (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong - I'm talking based on limited experience) that actually corresponds to what we saw and what I said - or meant to say. There was definitely little cat activity in the areas where cattle were being grazed and we had to adjust game drives accordingly. But there was much less cattle activity in the conservancies (protected and now uninhabited areas outside the reserve) than outside them and considerably less around Kicheche than closer to the reserve. If we'd been just driving around, without really up-to-date local knowledge, I think we might have had a less rewarding experience, but Kicheche is very cat orientated and we certainly weren't short of cat sightings - if you have a game drive without a cat sighting (and it does happen) the guides look massively depressed, which suggests to me it happens rarely.
Food is still the same - too much of a British influence on dinner I think - but the cook usually does it as well as it can be done.
We saw four adults and one youngster in the sanctuary.... I am afraid I am not sure if there are more - to my shame I was taking a photo while the ranger was explaining and didn't catch everything he said.
Food is still the same - too much of a British influence on dinner I think - but the cook usually does it as well as it can be done.
We saw four adults and one youngster in the sanctuary.... I am afraid I am not sure if there are more - to my shame I was taking a photo while the ranger was explaining and didn't catch everything he said.
Dec 19th, 2009, 07:07 AM
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My husband looked at your photos last night and said "he's a really good photographer". And then I have to remind him you are the Paul of the scavenger hunt at Elsa's. And that you used to shoot with the same camera as I still use and have you have so moved on with your cameras and your photographic eye.
