..but having it during baby season? much cooler.
 
So Jess and I are back from our first safari in Kenya. Tomorrow we leave for Tanzania. Trust me on this, it will take a while to get pictures posted and a full blog entry to describe everything we’ve seen. Hopefully I remember most of it.
 
In the two parks we visited (Masai Mara and Lake Naguru) we saw a ton of animals. Our current count is:
 
Lions: 4 lions, 6 lioness
Cheetah: 6 adults, 3 cubs (ultimately cute!!!)
Leopard: 2 (although one was in the woods near the lookout we were at and we ran into the van!)
Rhino’s: 1 Black Rhino (rare), 3 (white)
Giraffe’s: a ton (plus baby)
Elephant’s: a ton (plus babies)
Gazelle: a ton (plus babies)
Impala: a ton (plus babies)
Pelicans: a ton
Zebras: a ton (plus babies)
Velvet Monkeys: a ton (plus babies)
Baboons: a bunch (plus babies)
and many more
 
Unfortunately for us, it will be harder to go through safari pictures then it was to go through wedding pictures. I believe we’re at something like 1200 pictures (in 3 days of safari). Trust me when I say that I’ll go through them and only post the highlight reel to the internet.
 
The safari has been a bit different then we expected. First, it was just Jess, myself, and the driver (Jackson). So we had freedom to sit anywhere, got to talk to the driver a bunch, and always got the good window (or sunroof) for pictures. Also means that we didn’t meet anyone. Second, we stayed in a permenant campsite. So we didn’t have to cook, set-up tents, etc. In fact, we had a toilet in a separate compartment in our huge tent.
 
The people have been very friendly. Always wanting to know where we’re from and our names. Our first night in the camp, there were a group of student guides and they loved to talk about what we saw and what they saw. Heck, we’ve even learned a few Swahili words. Of course, the rest of the words I know…I learned from Lion King.
 
Otherwise, we’re doing well. Both Jess and I have already had our first bout of stomach issues, but are doing much better now.
We’re off to grab some dinner and then to repack our bags for our trek into Tanzania. This time we will really be camping, so it won’t be as easy going.
 
We’ll back back on the 19th of January, so we’ll send out another update then.
 
Hakuna Matata,
Chad and Jess