Animals of Kenya

I've come across quite a few awesome animals here in Kenya, and thought I'd highlight a couple.

I went to the Kakamega Rainforest about a month back, Amber has the album on her facebook if you want to see some pics of that.  I took most of the pictures with my fairly small camera, but the one that was the best IMO was the random bull we found in a field outside the forest main - he wasn't very happy to see us, and I had to get within 15 feet of him to get a good, full picture since my zoom isn't the best.  I think he nearly charged me for that.

On one of my trips on the way home from Kakamega I saw a family of baboons on the side of the road just chillin.  Didn't have my camera though.

I went to Hell's Gate National Park at the end of April for the end of the school break, and boy was that something.

You can just walk around and see the wildlife without needing to be in a safari vehicle since there are no predators there.

I also went to Fisherman's cove, a small little camping spot next to Lake Naivasha, very close to Hell's Gate.  While setting up camp we encountered some monkeys that were not very shy, and I was surprised how close they would let us come.

We went out boating after that to see the birds and hippos around the lake.

Then our boat broke down.  As you can see from the clouds, a storm was rolling in... it was nearly dark, we were quite a distance from shore, and starting talking about life insurance and wills with each other before another boat came to tow us back to shore.

That's my "We're gonna drown if help doesn't come soon" face.

At the campsite there is an electric fence set up to keep the hippos from invading the campsite.  But apparently that doesn't deter them from grazing right next to it... about 30 feet from our tents.  It was too difficult to get shots in the dark, but let me tell you, there's nothing quite like seeing Africa's second most dangerous animal (a tip of my hat to the Malaria loving mosquitoes) that close to where you are preparing dinner.  Beautiful and somewhat nerve wracking.  Mostly awesome though.

This month has been really, really busy, trying to implement a lot of new ideas and establish a new "normal" routine at school.  I'll write all about it soon, but I know everyone loves pictures so I thought I'd throw a few up here in the meantime.