Nairobi National Park, KENYA, Jan. 15, 2006




















But the real African welcome was a group of zebra
standing on the roadside minutes out of the airport....



















Game drive to Nairobi NP...















...in a pop-top mini-van!

































elegant impala

















































CARE workshop participants on safari (from Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Ghana, Austria, and Denmark l. to r.)















look TOURISTS!!
















you can just make out a plane coming in for landing
over this guy's right (your left) ear...
















Nairobi skyline just in the distance




































a troup of baboons
































beautiful crested crane (?)















luckily captured in flight...
















near-endless savanna
















it's amazing how many species co-exist here.






















































outdoor craft market at a modern Nairobi mall




















with Kenyan coffee for sale...















on the road to the countryside...






























roadside tree nursery. Kenyans love gardening..





















mosque
















roadside shops































Hindu temple

The Aberdare Country Club
3 hours north of Nairobi, between Mt. Kenya and Aberdare NP
about 2,000 meters above sea level
site of the CARE International workshop































my duplex cabin
















complete with fireplace.
















view out the front window! Those are grazing warthogs.
















Golf is a popular pastime at the country club.
They have a very cheap green maintenance system!














































this peacock joined us every day for tea time,
hoping to get some cookie crumbs.
















On a morning game walk (with a guide!).



















































































































This wagon was featured in "Out of Africa".
(I'll have to rent that one again sometime..)
















evening meal-time near my cabin. There's a warthog,
some kind of deer, and a baboon (middle) in this pic.















Token photo of the conference--the REAL reason
why I was there!















Close-up of a mama warthog.
they like to kneel on their knees when feeding
and have a flat shovel-like nose, good for digging
I presume....
















An amazing cactus 'tree'




















close-up of cactus tree
















the country club. Those Brits know how to build a nice resort.


















































Outdoor seating with Mt. Kenya (5,500+ meters)
just barely visible, peaking out of the clouds.




















After the conference, Fiona and I checked out to walk
to the neighboring village, where she had happened to work
20 years ago with a women's group doing organic farming.















some nests in the country club gate.































young school kids came out to greet us with "How are you!?"
















a typical house near the river.
















most village families rent a single room in a building such as this.
















enjoying some candy stashed in my pocket....
















location of the old agriculture project. no longer there :(
































me posing with some lovely Kenyan ladies



















































The last room on the left is where Fiona used to live...
















wheat is a popular crop in this dry plateau