Any year I get to go on safari is a great year, as that continues to be pretty much my favorite type of trip. I don't know if I could ever get enough of South or East Africa. But Caribbean beaches are good too, and I did some more relaxing than usual on this year's travels (if … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Birds (Yes, Birds) of Kenya
I have been a long-time bird-watching hater. I found birds boring, not that interesting, and generally to small and flighty. Literally (and figuratively, I suppose). My parents liked to watch birds. And feed them. I found that to be the dumbest thing ever and audibly rolled my … [Read more...]
Everything You Wanted to Know (Right?) About Lion Mating Rituals
While there weren't herds of wildebeest and zebra, or harrowing river crossing with chomp chomp chomping crocodiles, we saw a lot of lion mating. And when I was making our photo book of Kenya, I had to sort through like 800 lion mating photos. Mostly my husbands. You can draw … [Read more...]
Exploring the Empty Masai Mara…Wait What?
Most years, the beginning of the migration (wildebeest and zebra galore!) would have coincided perfectly with our arrival in the Masai Mara. Except this year. When it didn't. Because of the rains, the animals hadn't felt the need to move yet and we could see them through … [Read more...]
Prehensile Giraffe Tongues (!) at the Giraffe Center (Nairobi, Kenya)
Before we left for Kenya, we had sort of nixed the Giraffe Center from our list of things we wanted to do. I mean...after seeing giraffes in the wild, none of us were that interested in seeing giraffes in captivity (though they have a very large enclosure where they can roam … [Read more...]
